laughing dove

noun

A small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.

Similar
laughing turtle dovelittle brown dovepalm doveSenegal dove
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Meanings

nounlaughing dove (plural laughing doves)

plural laughing doves

  1. A small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.

    Synonyms: laughing turtle dove, little brown dove, palm dove, Senegal dove

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.

Similar
laughing turtle dovelittle brown dovepalm doveSenegal dove
Also see
laughing turtle dovelittle brown dovepalm dovesenegal dove

Translations

Afrikaans lemoenduif, rooiborsduif
  • lemoenduifSpilopelia senegalensis
  • rooiborsduifSpilopelia senegalensis
Arabic قُمْرِيّ, شِفْنِين
  • قُمْرِيّ (qumriyy)Spilopelia senegalensis
  • شِفْنِين (šifnīn)Spilopelia senegalensis
Bulgarian сенегалска гургулица
  • сенегалска гургулица (senegalska gurgulica)Spilopelia senegalensis
Chinese Cantonese 棕斑鳩 /棕斑鸠
  • 棕斑鳩 /棕斑鸠 (zung¹ baan¹ kau¹)Spilopelia senegalensis
Chinese Mandarin 棕斑鳩 /棕斑鸠
  • 棕斑鳩 /棕斑鸠 (zōng bān jiū)Spilopelia senegalensis
Dutch palmtortel
  • palmtortelSpilopelia senegalensis
Esperanto palmturto
  • palmturtoSpilopelia senegalensis
Finnish palmukyyhky
  • palmukyyhkySpilopelia senegalensis
German Palmtaube
  • PalmtaubeSpilopelia senegalensis
Greek φοινικοτρύγονο
  • φοινικοτρύγονο (foinikotrýgono)Spilopelia senegalensis
Hindi धूसर पण्डुक
  • धूसर पण्डुक (dhoosar panduk)Spilopelia senegalensis
Persian قمری, قمری خانگی
  • قمری (qomri)Spilopelia senegalensis
  • قمری خانگی (qomri-e xânegi)Spilopelia senegalensis
  • یاکریم (yâ-karim)Spilopelia senegalensis
  • موسی کو تقی (musâ-ku-taqi)Spilopelia senegalensis
Russian ма́лая го́рлица
  • ма́лая го́рлица (málaja górlica)Spilopelia senegalensis
Swedish palmduva
  • palmduvaSpilopelia senegalensis
Turkish küçük kumru
  • küçük kumruSpilopelia senegalensis
Cite this entry
APA

laughing dove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laughing%20dove

MLA

“laughing dove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laughing%20dove. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laughing dove,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laughing%20dove.

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