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单词 mourning dove
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mourning dove


noun

a dove, Zenaidura macroura, of North America, noted for its plaintive cooing.

Origin of mourning dove

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Words nearby mourning dove

mournful, mourning, mourning band, Mourning Becomes Electra, mourning cloak, mourning dove, mourning iris, mourning warbler, mouse, mousebird, mouse deer
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Example sentences from the Web for mourning dove

  • Our American turtle-dove, or mourning-dove, is much like this but nobody minds the few bits of grain it picks up.

    The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood
  • She awoke at the cry of a jay in the maples, and then as she listened she heard a mourning-dove sob from the distance.

    Rose of Dutcher's Coolly|Hamlin Garland
  • Our most familiar wild species is the mourning-dove or turtle-dove (Zenaidura macroura) found abundantly all over the country.

    Elementary Zoology, Second Edition|Vernon L. Kellogg

British Dictionary definitions for mourning dove

mourning dove

noun

a brown North American dove, Zenaidura macroura, with a plaintive song
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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