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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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Word History and Origins
Origin of mourning dove1
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
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Example Sentences
Downtown's Pershing Square supports mourning doves, Vaux's swifts, gopher snakes and exotic streaktails, a type of fly that feeds on aphids.
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He had heard the woeful sounds of a mourning dove, but that was the wrong kind of pigeon.
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“We see ducks down here. They see frogs and turtles, different birds like red wing blackbirds and mourning doves,” Tursi said.
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Before Merlin, I’d always assumed the distinct “coo” I heard was from a mourning dove.
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There are rock wrens, nighthawks, mourning doves and lark buntings.
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