Ring-dove

  • 41Jonathan Dove — (born July 18, 1959) is a British composer of opera and choral works and theatre, film, orchestral and chamber music. He has arranged a number of operas for English Touring Opera and the City of Birmingham Touring Opera (now Birmingham Opera… …

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  • 42ringed turtle dove — noun Date: 1983 a small pale dove (Streptopelia risoria) that has a black ring around the sides and back of the neck, exists chiefly in domestication as a cage bird, and is probably of African origin …

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  • 43ringdove — ring′dove or ring′ dove n. 1) orn Also called ringed′ tur′tle dove . a small domestic dove, Streptopelia risoria having a black half ring around the nape of the neck. 2) orn wood pigeon 1) • Etymology: 1530–40 …

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  • 44ringdove — /ring duv /, n. 1. a small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck. 2. See wood pigeon. Also, ring dove. [1530 40; RING1 + DOVE1] * * * …

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  • 45Tal Chhapar Sanctuary — is a sanctuary located in the Churu district of Northwestern Rajasthan in the Shekhawati region of India. It is 210 km from Jaipur and situated on road from Ratangarh to Sujangarh. The Tal Chappar sanctuary lies in the Sujangarh Tehsil of Churu… …

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  • 46woodpigeon — n. a dove, Columba palumbus, having white patches like a ring round its neck. Also called ring dove (see RING(1)) …

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  • 47pel-6 —     pel 6     English meaning: grey; pale     Deutsche Übersetzung: in Ausdrũcken for unscharfe Farben as “grau, fahl”, also ‘scheckig”     Material: O.Ind. palitá , fem. páliknī (from * tnī) “altersgrau, greis” (: πελιτνός), paruṣá “fleckig” …

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  • 48List of birds displaying homosexual behavior — This list is part of a larger list of animals displaying homosexual behavior. =Selected Birds* Acorn WoodpeckerBagemihl (1999) pages 644 7] * Adelie Penguin365 Gay.com (2005)] * American FlamingoBagemihl (1999) pages 524 7] * American Herring… …

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  • 49cushat — I Cleveland Dialect List the ring dove II A Geordie Dictionary A pigeon III North Country (Newcastle) Words the ring dove or wood pigeon …

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  • 50cushat — noun /ˈkʌʃət,ˈkʊʃət/ A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove. Syn: cushat dove, cushat dove …

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