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mourning dove
noun
- a dove, Zenaidura macroura, of North America, noted for its plaintive cooing.
mourning dove
noun
- a brown North American dove, Zenaidura macroura, with a plaintive song
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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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