fruit dove
fruit dove noun: any bird of the genus Ptilinopus, in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.

Noun
fruit dove (plural fruit doves)
- 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
Synonyms of fruit dove
Forms of fruit dove
| plural | fruit doves |
|---|---|
| alternative form | fruit-dove |
Words formed from fruit dove
- atoll fruit dove
- banded fruit dove
- beautiful fruit dove
- black-chinned fruit dove
- black-naped fruit dove
- blue-capped fruit dove
- carunculated fruit dove
- claret-breasted fruit dove
- coroneted fruit dove
- cream-breasted fruit dove
- crimson-capped fruit dove
- crimson-crowned fruit dove
- dwarf fruit dove
- ebon purple-capped fruit dove
- flame-breasted fruit dove
- Fischer's fruit dove
- golden fruit dove
- grey-green fruit dove
- grey-headed fruit dove
- Jambu fruit dove
- knob-billed fruit dove
- lilac-crowned fruit dove
- magnificent fruit dove
- Makatea fruit dove
- many-coloured fruit dove
- Mariana fruit dove
- maroon-chinned fruit dove
- Mauke fruit dove
- moustached fruit dove
- Negros fruit dove
- orange-bellied fruit dove
- orange-fronted fruit dove
- orange fruit dove
- ornate fruit dove
- Palau fruit dove
- pink-headed fruit dove
- pink-spotted fruit dove
- Rapa fruit dove
- red-bellied fruit dove
- red-eared fruit dove
- red-moustached fruit dove
- red-naped fruit dove
- rose-crowned fruit dove
- scarlet-breasted fruit dove
- scarlet-capped fruit dove
- silver-capped fruit dove
- superb fruit dove
- Tanna fruit dove
- Tubuai fruit dove
- Wallace's fruit dove
- whistling fruit dove
- white-bibbed fruit dove
- white-capped fruit dove
- white-headed fruit dove
- wompoo fruit dove
- yellow-bibbed fruit dove
- yellow-breasted fruit dove
Questions about fruit dove
- What does fruit dove mean?
- Fruit dove means any bird of the genus Ptilinopus, in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.
- What part of speech is fruit dove?
- Fruit dove is a noun.
- What is the plural of fruit dove?
- The plural of fruit dove is fruit doves.
Words near fruit dove in the dictionary
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