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Often caged
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ringdove
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dove \Dove\ (d[u^]v), n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[=u]fe; akin to OS. d[=u]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[=u]ba, G. taube, Icel. d[=u]fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[=u]b[=o]; perh. from the root of E. dive.] (Zo["o]l.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the wood pigeon
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. grayish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged [syn: Streptopelia risoria ] Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck [syn: wood pigeon , cushat , Columba palumbus ]
Usage examples of ringdove.
The desert sunrise flared over the ground before them and ringdoves rose out of the chaparral by ones and by pairs and whistled away with thin calls.
Amongst them the ringdoves nested in hundreds, and on the steep rocks of the precipice the red-necked vultures fed their young.
In the centre was a gnarled eucalyptus tree at whose foot two white ringdoves were pecking about.