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laughing dove

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.

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21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: lemoenduif — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Afrikaans: rooiborsduif — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Arabic: قُمْرِيّ (qumriyy) — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Arabic: شِفْنِين (šifnīn) — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Bulgarian: сенегалска гургулица (senegalska gurgulica) — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Chinese Cantonese: 棕斑鳩 /棕斑鸠 (zung1 baan1 kau1) — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棕斑鳩 /棕斑鸠 (zōng bān jiū) — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Dutch: palmtortel — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Esperanto: palmturto — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Finnish: palmukyyhky — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • German: Palmtaube — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Greek: φοινικοτρύγονο (foinikotrýgono) — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Hindi: धूसर पण्डुक (dhoosar panduk) — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Persian: قمری (qomri) — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Persian: قمری خانگی (qomri-e xânegi) — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Persian: یاکریم (yâ-karim) — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Persian: موسی کو تقی (musâ-ku-taqi) — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Russian: ма́лая го́рлица (málaja górlica) — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Swedish: palmduva — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Turkish: küçük kumru — Spilopelia senegalensis
  • Turkmen: kiçi gumry — Spilopelia senegalensis