TURTLEDOVE Definition & Meaning

turtledove

[ tur-tl-duhv ]

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noun

any of several small to medium-sized Old World doves of the genus Streptopelia, especially S. turtur, of Europe, having a long, graduated tail: noted for its soft, cooing call.
mourning dove.
a sweetheart or beloved mate.

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noun

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

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Origin of turtledove¹

1250–1300; Middle English turtildove, equivalent to turtil turtle ² + dove dove ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of turtledove¹

see turtle ²

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Just like the way she is using tinsel and turtledoves.

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Laurie had christened it, saying it was highly appropriate to the gentle lovers who ‘went on together like a pair of turtledoves, with first a bill and then a coo’.

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Endangered turtledoves have appeared, as have rare bats and owls, beetles and moths.

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Ornithologists kept finding that birds that rely on insects for food were in trouble: eight in 10 partridges gone from French farmlands; 50 and 80 percent drops, respectively, for nightingales and turtledoves.

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Who needs two turtledoves or a partridge in a pear tree when there are so many species under the sea, including the seasonally appropriate angelfish?

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