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Turtledove

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Noun

1. australian turtledove, stictopelia cuneata, turtledove

small Australian dove

2. turtledove

any of several Old World wild doves

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Turtledove

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noun
1. 
any of several Old World doves of the genus Streptopelia, having a brown plumage with speckled wings and a long dark tail
2. 
a gentle or loving person

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Turtledove

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noun
1. 
any of several Old World wild doves (esp. genus Streptopelia) noted for their plaintive cooing and the affection that the mates are traditionally thought of as showing toward each other
2. 
mourning dove

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Turtledove

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n.
1. A small, slender dove (Streptopelia turtur) of Eurasia and Africa, having a white-edged tail and a soft purring voice.
2. Any of several other doves of the genus Streptopelia.
3. See mourning dove.

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