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mourning dove

noun

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


mourning dove

noun

  1. a brown North American dove, Zenaidura macroura, with a plaintive song


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mourning dove1

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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Example Sentences

A Fish and Wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.

In one individual, a Mourning Dove, the origin of pars lateralis of M. pterygoideus dorsalis extended to the pterygoid.

The mourning dove is a cosmopolitan species found in greater or less numbers in all sections.

The white-winged dove is nearly one-half larger than the common mourning dove.

The mourning dove is so well known in every country that a description of it is unnecessary.

The sobbing cry of the mourning dove, which they had been hearing all day, suddenly assumed new meaning.

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