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ZENAIDURA MACROURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zenaidura macroura mean? 

ZENAIDURA MACROURA (noun)
  The noun ZENAIDURA MACROURA has 1 sense:

1. wild dove of the United States having a mournful callplay

  Familiarity information: ZENAIDURA MACROURA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ZENAIDURA MACROURA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Wild dove of the United States having a mournful call

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mourning dove; Zenaidura macroura

Hypernyms ("Zenaidura macroura" is a kind of...):

dove (any of numerous small pigeons)

Holonyms ("Zenaidura macroura" is a member of...):

genus Zenaidura; Zenaidura (mourning doves)


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