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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Columbidae .
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Examples
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As for the Tour of California, five editions young compared to the TDU which is in its 13th year, Turtur says the race has “a real dilemma on their hands.”
Lance Down Under: Are Armstrong’s seven-figure appearance fees worth every dollar? 2011
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"We've lost more riders in this one stage than we've lost in the 10-year history of the race," race director Mike Turtur said.
Armstrong avoids accident in third stage of Tour Down Under 2009
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“So what the Tour of California now have to consider,” Turtur said, “is if they go WorldTour, then they are going to deny the greater majority of American teams that participate in their race, and have done since year one — whereas we never had that.”
Lance Down Under: Are Armstrong’s seven-figure appearance fees worth every dollar? 2011
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The spotted and the little brown doves (_Turtur suratensis_ and _T. cambayensis_) are found only on the lower hills.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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Of the doves, that which is most often seen on the Nilgiris is the spotted dove (_Turtur suratensis_).
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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The commonest dove of the Himalayan hill-stations is the Indian turtle-dove (_Turtur ferago_).
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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In the valley of the Jordan, an allied species, the palm-dove (so named because it builds its nest in the palm tree), or Egyptian turtle -- Turtur aegyptiacus, Temm. -- is by no means uncommon.
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In the Zoological Gardens (MS. report to me from Mr. James Hunt) a male hybrid from _Turtur vulgaris_ and a domestic pigeon
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845
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Bechstein further states (s. 26) that the domestic pigeon will cross with _C. palumbus_, _Turtur risoria_, and _T. vulgaris_, but nothing is said of the fertility of the hybrids, and this would have been mentioned had the fact been ascertained.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845
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This is the case, as Mr. Blyth has remarked to me, with Treron, Palumbus, and Turtur.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845
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