ringdove

American  

[ring-duhv] / ˈrɪŋˌdʌv /

Or ring dove

noun

1. a small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck.

2. wood pigeon.

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ringdove British  

/ ˈrɪŋˌdʌv /

noun

1. another name for wood pigeon

2. an Old World turtledove, Streptopelia risoria , having a greyish plumage with a black band around the neck

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Etymology

Origin of ringdove

First recorded in 1530–40; ring ¹ + dove ¹

Example Sentences

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ringdove

The siskin and the ringdove vied with each other to do them pleasure, all day long their music rejoiced ear and soul.

From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred

Yet I had a home, and I once had a sire, A mother who granted each infant desire; Our cottage it stood in a wood-embower'd vale, Where the ringdove would warble its sorrowful tale.

From The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas by White, Henry Kirk

Up yonder a lark was singing, in adjoining spruce thickets we could hear the croodle of the ringdove, and in the swaying branches of the elms the solemn-looking rooks were already building their nests.

From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Stables, Gordon

The ringdove occasionally rears a nestling in captivity, but it does not seem, at any time of life, to prove a very attractive pet.

From Birds in the Calendar by Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George)

Yea, I will laud thee while the ringdove moans, viii.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir