white-winged dove

[ hwahyt-wingd, wahyt- ]

noun

1. a common dove, Zenaida asiatica, of the southwestern U.S. to Chile.

Word History and Origins

Origin of white-winged dove¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

The white-winged dove is nearly one-half larger than the common mourning dove.

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M. pseudotemporalis profundus appeared to be enlarged in the White-winged Dove.

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The White-winged Dove was referred to a separate genus, Melopelia.

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Here the white-winged dove of Peace has made her nest in the rusty and battered helmet of grim-visaged war.

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Let the daintiest white of the white-winged dove encase its "inspired words," printed on translated tissue of ethereal linen.

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