mourning dove

n. A grayish-brown, swift-flying dove (Zenaida macroura) of North and Central America, noted for its mournful call. Also called turtledove.

mourning dove

n (Animals) a brown North American dove, Zenaidura macroura, with a plaintive song

mourn′ing dove`

n. a dove, Zenaida (Zenaidura) macroura, of North America, noted for its plaintive cooing. [1825–35, Amer.]

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Noun

mourning dove - wild dove of the United States having a mournful callZenaidura macrouradove - any of numerous small pigeonsgenus Zenaidura, Zenaidura - mourning doves

Mourning Dove

Mourning Dove (b. Humishima or Christine Quintasket)

(1888–1936) Okanogan/Colville writer, activist; born in Bonner's Ferry, Ida. A migrant worker in Washington most of her adult life, she wrote one of the few early novels by a Native American woman, Cogewea, the Half-Blood (1927), as well as Coyote Stories (1933). She also cofounded the Colville Indian Council (1930) and in 1935 became the first woman elected to the Colville Tribal Council.

mourning dove

noun

Synonyms for mourning dove

noun wild dove of the United States having a mournful call

Synonyms

Zenaidura macroura

Related Words

dove
genus Zenaidura
Zenaidura

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