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STREPTOPELIA RISORIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Streptopelia risoria mean? 

STREPTOPELIA RISORIA (noun)
  The noun STREPTOPELIA RISORIA has 1 sense:

1. greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often cagedplay

  Familiarity information: STREPTOPELIA RISORIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STREPTOPELIA RISORIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ringdove; Streptopelia risoria

Hypernyms ("Streptopelia risoria" is a kind of...):

turtledove (any of several Old World wild doves)


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