单词 | whitewing dove |
释义 | > as lemmaswhitewing dove 2. More fully whitewing dove. The white-winged dove, Zenaida asiatica, which is brownish-grey with a prominent white wing patch, and is found from the southern United States to Central America and the Caribbean. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Zenaida (mourning dove) mourning dove1833 whitewing1834 pea dove1847 1834 R. R. Madden Let. 3 July in Twelvemonth's Resid. W. Indies (1835) I. xviii. 244 Blue pigeon, Lowlands. Pea dove, ditto. White wing, ditto. 1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 304 (heading) Whitewing Dove..is a Turtle of much elegance. 1942 T. H. Kearney & R. H. Peebles Flowering Plants & Ferns Arizona 596 The white-wing dove, a favorite game bird of Arizona sportsmen, feeds largely on the seeds of the sahuaro. 1977 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 9 Jan. b 8/4 The request for Texas biologists to investigate the whitewing wintering grounds came from the International Whitewinged Dove Council. 2008 T. Arnhold & W. Parton Wingshooter's Guide Kansas Upland Birds & Wildfowl (new ed.) 72 A white-wing's tail is square while a mourning dove's comes to a sharp point. < as lemmas |
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