Usually means: Bird known for melancholic cooing.
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  1. mourning dove: Merriam-Webster
  2. mourning dove: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mourning dove: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mourning dove: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mourning dove: Vocabulary.com
  6. mourning dove: Wordnik
  7. mourning dove: Wiktionary
  8. mourning dove: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. mourning dove: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Mourning dove, mourning dove: Dictionary.com
  11. Mourning Dove (author), Mourning Dove, Mourning dove: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. mourning dove: Rhymezone
  13. mourning-dove: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. mourning dove: FreeDictionary.org
  15. mourning dove: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. mourning dove: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Mourning Dove, The Mourning Dove: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A grey-coloured dove, Zenaida macroura, that has a mournful call, native to North America

Similar:
zenaidura macroura, moaning dove, ringdove, ring dove, little brown dove, scaled dove, ringed dove, ground dove, quail dove, zenaida dove, more...

Opposite:
peace dove, love dove

Types:
Eurasicollared-dove, ringed turtle-dove, barbary dove, white-winged dove, more...

Phrases:
Mourning collared dove, more...

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Similar:
zenaidura macroura, moaning dove, ringdove, ring dove, little brown dove, scaled dove, ringed dove, ground dove, quail dove, zenaida dove, more...

Opposite:
peace dove, love dove

Types:
Eurasicollared-dove, ringed turtle-dove, barbary dove, white-winged dove, more...

Phrases:
Mourning collared dove, more...



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