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fruit-dove

fruit-dove is the alternative spelling of fruit dove.

Meaning of fruit dove

Noun

fruit dove (plural fruit doves)

  1. Any bird of the genus Ptilinopus, in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.
    • Fruit doves are colorful, frugivorous (fruit-eating) doves found in forests and woodlands throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania. The genus comprises about 50 species, some threatened or already extinct.
    Synonyms:
    fruit pigeon

Forms of fruit-dove

pluralfruit-doves

Phrases with fruit-dove

Questions about fruit-dove

What is fruit-dove the alternative spelling of?
Fruit-dove is the alternative spelling of fruit dove.

Words near fruit-dove in the dictionary

  1. fruit-bearing
  2. fruit-bearings
  3. fruit-cake
  4. fruit-cakes
  5. fruit-cakey
  6. fruit-dove
  7. fruit-doves
  8. fruit-eater
  9. fruit-eaters
  10. fruit-growing
  11. fruit-juice

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