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fruit dove

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Any bird of the genus Ptilinopus, in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

Fruit doves are colorful, frugivorous (fruit-eating) doves found in forests and woodlands throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania. The genus comprises about 50 species, some threatened or already extinct.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fruit pigeon

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Catalan: tilinop — dove in the genus Ptilinopus
Esperanto: fruktokolombo — dove in the genus Ptilinopus
Esperanto: ptilinopo — dove in the genus Ptilinopus
Finnish: hedelmäkyyhky — dove in the genus Ptilinopus
French: ptilope — dove in the genus Ptilinopus
German: Flaumfußtaube — dove in the genus Ptilinopus
German: Fruchttaube — dove in the genus Ptilinopus
Polish: owocożer — dove in the genus Ptilinopus
Welsh: turtur ffrwythau — dove in the genus Ptilinopus

Word forms

Inflections and variants

fruit doves — plural
fruit-dove — alternative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: atoll fruit dove, banded fruit dove, beautiful fruit dove, black-chinned fruit dove, black-naped fruit dove, blue-capped fruit dove, carunculated fruit dove, claret-breasted fruit dove, coroneted fruit dove, cream-breasted fruit dove, crimson-capped fruit dove, crimson-crowned fruit dove, dwarf fruit dove, ebon purple-capped fruit dove, flame-breasted fruit dove, Fischer's fruit dove, golden fruit dove, grey-green fruit dove, grey-headed fruit dove, Jambu fruit dove, knob-billed fruit dove, lilac-crowned fruit dove, magnificent fruit dove, Makatea fruit dove, many-coloured fruit dove, Mariana fruit dove, maroon-chinned fruit dove, Mauke fruit dove, moustached fruit dove, Negros fruit dove, orange-bellied fruit dove, orange-fronted fruit dove, orange fruit dove, ornate fruit dove, Palau fruit dove, pink-headed fruit dove, pink-spotted fruit dove, Rapa fruit dove, red-bellied fruit dove, red-eared fruit dove, red-moustached fruit dove, red-naped fruit dove, rose-crowned fruit dove, scarlet-breasted fruit dove, scarlet-capped fruit dove, silver-capped fruit dove, superb fruit dove, Tanna fruit dove, Tubuai fruit dove, Wallace's fruit dove, whistling fruit dove, white-bibbed fruit dove, white-capped fruit dove, white-headed fruit dove, wompoo fruit dove, yellow-bibbed fruit dove, yellow-breasted fruit dove

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