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

Calling with low and plaining note, Most like a ringdove chiding, Or flute faint-heard from distant boat O'er smoothest waters gliding.

From Paul Clifford — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Her words rang out crystalclear, more musical than the cooing of the ringdove, but they cut the silence icily.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

Then, after ending his verses, he fainted again; and, presently reviving he went on to the second cage, wherein he found a ringdove.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Their coo is not in any sense tuneful; yet it has a pleasant association; for the ringdove is pre-eminently the bird of the woods and forests, and rightly named the wood-pigeon.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard

O Eternal, I thank thee!" and he groaned and recited these couplets,    "I heard a ringdove chanting plaintively, *       'I thank Thee, O Eternal for this misery!'

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir