Found 2 items, similar to mourning dove.
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Definition: mourning dove
mourning dove
n : wild dove of the United States having a mournful call [syn:
Zenaidura macroura]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mourning dove
Mourning
\Mourn"ing\, a.
1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
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2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
and the like.
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Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower (
Scabiosa atropurpurea
) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
flattened heads.
Mourning dove (Zo["o]l.), a wild dove (
Zenaidura macroura
) found throughout the United States; -- so named
from its plaintive note. Called also
Carolina dove. See
Illust. under
Dove.
Mourning warbler (Zo["o]l.), an American ground warbler
(
Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck,
and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.
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Dove
\Dove\ (d[u^]v), n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[=u]fe;
akin to OS. d[=u]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[=u]ba, G. taube, Icel.
d[=u]fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[=u]b[=o]; perh. from
the root of E. dive.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A pigeon of the genus
Columba and various
related genera. The species are numerous.
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Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called
fantails,
tumblers,
carrier pigeons, etc., was
derived from the
rock pigeon (
Columba livia) of
Europe and Asia; the
turtledove of Europe, celebrated
for its sweet, plaintive note, is
Columba turtur or
Turtur vulgaris; the
ringdove, the largest of
European species, is
Columba palumbus; the
Carolina dove
, or
Mourning dove, is
Zenaidura macroura; the
sea dove is the little auk (
Mergulus alle or
Alle alle
). See
Turtledove,
Ground dove, and
Rock pigeon
. The dove is a symbol of peace, innocence,
gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the
Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.
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2. A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
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O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice. --Cant. ii.
14.
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3. a person advocating peace, compromise or conciliation
rather than war or conflict. Opposite of
hawk.
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Dove tick (Zo["o]l.), a mite (
Argas reflexus) which
infests doves and other birds.
Soiled dove, a prostitute. [Slang]