Phrase guide

mourning dove

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A grey-coloured dove, Zenaida macroura, that has a mournful call, native to North America

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

wild dove of the United States having a mournful call

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Zenaidura macroura

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dove

History

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: плачеща гургулица (plačešta gurgulica) — Zenaida macroura
  • Cahuilla: maxayill — Zenaida macroura
  • Cherokee: ᎫᎴ ᏗᏍᎪᏂᎯ (gule disgonihi) — Zenaida macroura
  • Cherokee: ᎫᎴᏗᏍᎪᏂᎯ (guledisgonihi) — Zenaida macroura
  • Chickasaw: puchi yoshoba — Zenaida macroura
  • Choctaw: pʋchi yoshoba — Zenaida macroura
  • Creek: pv'cē-hówē — Zenaida macroura
  • Dutch: treurduif — Zenaida macroura
  • Esperanto: plorturto — Zenaida macroura
  • Finnish: vaikertajakyyhky — Zenaida macroura
  • French: tourterelle triste — Zenaida macroura
  • German: Carolinataube — Zenaida macroura
  • German: Trauertaube — Zenaida macroura
  • Koasati: pachihoowa — Zenaida macroura
  • Mohawk: tarò꞉taro — Zenaida macroura
  • Navajo: hasbídí łibáhígíí — Zenaida macroura
  • Plautdietsch: Willeduw — Zenaida macroura
  • Russian: пла́чущая го́рлица (pláčuščaja górlica) — Zenaida macroura
  • Seri: noosi — Zenaida macroura
  • Spanish: huilota — Zenaida macroura
  • Spanish: tórtola — Zenaida macroura
  • Unami: mamèthakemu — Zenaida macroura