English Explanatory Dictionary

Barbary dove

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A domesticated dove with an unclear taxonomic classification, often treated as its own species as, Streptopelia risoria, sometimes as a subspecies of either the Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto, or the African collared dove, Streptopelia roseogrisea, and sometimes not as a separate accepted taxon at all, freely breeding with the above species.

Word forms

Barbary dove Barbary doves

Synonyms

ringneck dove ringed turtle dove ring-necked turtle dove ring dove
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