Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laughing dove

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables: laugh-ing -dove
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.

Inflected Forms

laughing doves (plural)

Synonyms

laughing turtle dove little brown dove palm dove Senegal dove

Questions

What does laughing dove mean?: A small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.

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