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wood dove

/ˈwʊd dʌv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
wood -dove
IPA
/ˈwʊd dʌv/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the species of birds in the genus Turtur

Etymology

From wood + dove.

Inflected Forms

wood doves (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce wood dove?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwʊd dʌv/.
What does wood dove mean?
Any of the species of birds in the genus Turtur
Where does wood dove come from?
From wood + dove.

How to pronounce wood dove

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