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ringdove
or ring dove
[ ring-duhv ]
noun
ringdove
/ ˈrɪŋˌdʌv /
noun
- another name for wood pigeon
- an Old World turtledove, Streptopelia risoria , having a greyish plumage with a black band around the neck
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A lamb stands by her side, and a tame ringdove is perched on her wrist.
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We make out the frigate to be the Terpsichore, and the sloop, I know by her new royals, is the Ringdove.
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Her words rang out crystalclear, more musical than the cooing of the ringdove, but they cut the silence icily.
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It was very like the hawk perched over and clawing the ringdove she has struck down.
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The siskin and the ringdove vied with each other to do them pleasure, all day long their music rejoiced ear and soul.
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