| 单词 | ring-necked dove |
| 释义 | > as lemmasring-necked dove ring-necked dove n. any of several doves of the genus Streptopelia having a partial ring-shaped marking or collar on the neck; esp. (a) the common S. capicola of southern and eastern Africa; (b) U.S. the domesticated ring-neck or Barbary dove, ‘ S. risoria’. ΚΠ 1846 J. T. Thompson Dict. in Hindee & Eng. 118/2 Ghóo-ghoo, the ring-necked dove. 1896 E. Clairmonte Africander i. 5 The ring-necked doves cooing their love in the trees. 1944 Condor 46 243 We also obtained two pairs of aviary doves to serve as incubators... One pair was Ring-necked Doves (Streptopelia risoria). 1978 M. Oppen Meaning a Life 192 The pet-store man bought finches and ring-necked doves from us which multiplied in our aviary. 2001 Z. Bochenski & T. Tomek in F. Wendorf et al. Holocene Settlement of Egyptian Sahara xxiv. 641/2 The Ring-necked Dove, Streptopelia capicola, inhabits woodlands and open tree savannas of southern and eastern Africa. < as lemmas |
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