Definition of wood dove
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: wood pigeon 1a
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: stock dove 1
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: any of a genus (Turtur) of small, grayish-brown African doves noted for their long, soft cooing songs
- … spent three idyllic days there earlier this year, waking each morning to the echo of wood doves and looking down into the deep valley below in the hope of seeing a leopard slipping through the euphorbias.
- —Brian Jackman, Daily Telegraph (London), 6 Nov. 2010
