| 单词 | quail dove |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquail dove quail dove n. any of several ground-dwelling doves of the genera Geotrygon and Starnoenas, found chiefly in the forests of Central and South America and the Caribbean islands. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Quail-dove, an American pigeon of the genus Starnœnas. S. cyanocephalus is the blue-headed quail-dove, found in the West Indies and Florida. 1895 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1894 211 Among the birds [in southern Florida] may be mentioned the white-crowned pigeon, Zenaida dove, quail doves [etc.]. 1953 E. R. Blake Birds Mexico 189 White-faced Quail-Doves are restricted to mountain ‘cloud-forests’. 1992 From Land Fall 10/2 As we walk we watch for two of Jamaica's 25 endemic bird species—the ring-tailed pigeon and crested quail dove. < as lemmas |
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