ring-neck dove
noun
Any of various doves, especially of the genus Streptopelia, having a partial ring-shaped marking or collar on the neck; (now especially) (chiefly US ) the domesticated Barbary dove, ‘S. risoria’, which is feral in some United States towns.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
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