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mourning dove

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mourning dove
n.
A grayish-brown, swift-flying wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) of North America, noted for its mournful call. Also called turtledove.
mourning dove
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a brown North American dove, Zenaidura macroura, with a plaintive song
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Noun1.mourning dovemourning dove - wild dove of the United States having a mournful call
Zenaidura macroura
dove - any of numerous small pigeons
genus Zenaidura, Zenaidura - mourning doves


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there was a gentle cooing of pigeons, and from the green depths of the big canon arose the sobbing wood note of a mourning dove.
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