What does fruit dove mean?

fruit dove

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables: fruit -dove
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noun

Any bird of the genus Ptilinopus, in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.

Example Sentences

"Fruit doves are colorful, frugivorous (fruit-eating) doves found in forests and woodlands throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania. The genus comprises about 50 species, some threatened or already extinct."

Inflected Forms

fruit doves (plural) fruit-dove (alternative)

Phrases

atoll fruit dove banded fruit dove beautiful fruit dove black-chinned fruit dove black-naped fruit dove blue-capped fruit dove carunculated fruit dove claret-breasted fruit dove

Synonyms

fruit pigeon

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