Meanings
noungolden fruit dove (plural golden fruit doves)
plural golden fruit doves
- Ptilinopus luteovirens, a small, approximately 20 cm (8 in) long, short-tailed fruit dove in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.
Synonyms: golden dove, lemon dove, yellow dove
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPtilinopus luteovirens, a small, approximately 20 cm (8 in) long, short-tailed fruit dove in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.
Similar
golden dovelemon doveyellow dove
Origin
From the males' bright golden-yellow colour.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Goldtaube
- Goldtaubethe fruit dove species Ptilinopus luteovirens
Russian золото́й пёстрый го́лубь
- золото́й пёстрый го́лубь (zolotój pjóstryj gólubʹ)the fruit dove species Ptilinopus luteovirens
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