Meanings
plural red turtle doves
- A small bird, Streptopelia tranquebarica, a resident breeding bird in the tropics in the Indian subcontinent, with a range extending to Taiwan and the Philippines.
Synonyms: red collared dove
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small bird, Streptopelia tranquebarica, a resident breeding bird in the tropics in the Indian subcontinent, with a range extending to Taiwan and the Philippines.
Translations
French tourterelle à tête grise
- tourterelle à tête grisebird
German Weinrote Turteltaube
- Weinrote Turteltaubebird
Swedish röd turkduva
- röd turkduvabird
Welsh turtur dorchgoch
- turtur dorchgochbird
Cite this entry
red turtle dove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20turtle%20dove
“red turtle dove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20turtle%20dove. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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