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Definition of turtledoves in English Turkish dictionary
- üveyik
- turtledove
- kumru
- turtledove
- yusufçuk
- turtledove
- Turtur communis
- turtledove
- {i} üveyik
- turtledove
- yusufcuk
- turtledove
- i., zool. kumru
- turtledove
- Streptopelia turtur
- turtledove
- Turtur auritus
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Definition of turtledoves in English English dictionary
- plural of turtledove
- streptopelia
- turtledove
- {n} a species of dove, a sort of pigeon
- turtledove
- alternative spelling of turtle dove
- turtledove
- a type of bird that makes a pleasant soft sound and is sometimes used to represent love (turtle (10-19 centuries) (from turtur, from the sound it makes) + dove). Species (Streptopelia turtur,family Columbidae) of migratory European pigeon that winters in northern Africa. It is about 11 in. (28 cm) long and has a reddish brown body, blue-gray head, and white-tipped tail. A ground feeder, it eats prodigious amounts of small seeds. The name is applied to other temperate and tropical Old World Streptopeliaspecies of slim, fast-flying game birds. The ringed turtledove, or ringdove, has feral populations in California and Florida, U.S.; the laughing and spotted doves have also been introduced outside their native habitats
- turtledove
- Any one of numerous species of pigeons belonging to Turtur and allied genera, native of various parts of the Old World; especially, the common European species (Turtur vulgaris), which is noted for its plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to its mate
- turtledove
- {i} various doves belonging to the genus Streptopelia and having an elongated tail
- turtledove
- Any one of several species of pigeons more or less resembling the true turtledoves, as the American mourning dove (see under Dove), and the Australian turtledove (Stictopelia cuneata)
- turtledove
- small Australian dove
- turtledove
- any of several Old World wild doves