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单词 wood-dove
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wood-doven.

Brit. /ˈwʊddʌv/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌdəv/
Etymology: Compare Dutch houtduif, German holztaube.
= wood pigeon n. Also applied to certain South African birds allied to this (see quots. 1875-841, 1875-842, 1875-843).
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > columba palumbus (wood-pigeon)
cushata700
culverc825
wood-culvera1100
wood-dovec1386
queest?1440
ringed dove?1533
ring-dove1538
wood-quest1543
wood pigeon1668
ring pigeon1776
woodie1947
c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 59 The wodedowue vpon a spray She sang ful loude and cleere.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 531/2 Wode Dowe, or stokk dowe, palumba.
c1530 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols, & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 114 Whan..curlews cary clothes,..& woddowes were wodknyffis, theves to kyll,..Than put in a woman your trust & confidence.
1729 R. Savage Wanderer v. 92 While the soft-murm'ring am'rous Wood-Dove cooes.
1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds I. 287 Columbas Œnas... Stock Dove. Wood Dove.
c1843 T. Carlyle Hist. Sketches (1898) 74 Melodious as the voice of wood-doves.
1875–84 Layard's Birds S. Afr. 564 Haplopelia larvata. Rufous-breasted Wood-Dove.
1875–84 Layard's Birds S. Afr. 570 Chalcopelia afra. Emerald-spotted Wood Dove.
1875–84 Layard's Birds S. Afr. 571 Tympanistria tympanistria. White-breasted Wood Dove.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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