turtledove
noun
any of several small to medium-sized Old World doves of the genus Streptopelia, especially S. turtur, of Europe, having a long, graduated tail: noted for its soft, cooing call.
turtledoves
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pluralof turtledove.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Rising feed costs have jacked up the average price of a pair of turtledoves by $33.3% to $600.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
Endangered turtledoves have appeared, as have rare bats and owls, beetles and moths.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2019
Ornithologists kept finding that birds that rely on insects for food were in trouble: eight in 10 partridges gone from French farmlands; 50 and 80 percent drops, respectively, for nightingales and turtledoves.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2018
Who needs two turtledoves or a partridge in a pear tree when there are so many species under the sea, including the seasonally appropriate angelfish?
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2018
We have such funny times, and now I can enjoy them, for everyone is so desperately good, it’s like living in a nest of turtledoves.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
