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beautiful fruit dove

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A frugivorous dove of the species Ptilinopus pulchellus, also known as the rose-fronted pigeon or crimson-capped fruit dove (leading to easy confusion with the crimson-crowned fruit dove): small, approximately 19 cm (71⁄2 in) long, mainly green fruit dove.

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11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: belega fruktokolombo — the fruit dove species Ptilinopus pulchellus
  • Esperanto: skarlattufa fruktokolombo — the fruit dove species Ptilinopus pulchellus
  • Esperanto: rozfrunta fruktokolombo — the fruit dove species Ptilinopus pulchellus
  • German: Rotkappen-Fruchttaube — the fruit dove species Ptilinopus pulchellus
  • German: Rotkappenfruchttaube — the fruit dove species Ptilinopus pulchellus
  • German: Schöne Flaumfußtaube — the fruit dove species Ptilinopus pulchellus
  • Hungarian: vörössapkás gyümölcsgalamb — the fruit dove species Ptilinopus pulchellus
  • Persian: کبوتر میوهخوار زیبا — the fruit dove species Ptilinopus pulchellus
  • Polish: owocożer białolicy — the fruit dove species Ptilinopus pulchellus
  • Russian: малиновоша́почный пёстрый го́лубь (malinovošápočnyj pjóstryj gólubʹ) — the fruit dove species Ptilinopus pulchellus
  • Ukrainian: зелена горлиця (zelena horlycja) — the fruit dove species Ptilinopus pulchellus