turtledove

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The season of glad songs has come, the cooing of the turtledove is heard in our land.

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  1. noun A small, slender European dove (Streptopelia turtur) having a white-edged tail and a soft purring voice.
  2. noun See mourning dove.

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  • The season of glad songs has come, the cooing of the turtledove is heard in our land. —  ragamuffin diva
  • The season of glad songs has come, the cooing of the turtledove is heard in ourland. —  ragamuffin diva
  • The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. —  RevGalBlogPals
  • As the voice of the turtledove was lifted in the plaintive notes of nesting time, Adam harrowed three acres of the plowed land and planted it in wheat and corn. —  The Master-Knot of Human Fate
  • Some of them--the turtledove, the magpie, the kingfisher, the partridge, and the sparrow-may be classed with our European species, while others betray their equatorial origin in the brightness of their colours. —  History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12)
 

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