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talpacoti

talpacoti noun: the ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti, found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.

Noun

talpacoti (plural talpacotis)

  1. The ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti, found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.
    • The Talpacoti or Chocolate Dove is an inhabitant of Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. In Argentina it occurs only on the northern frontiers, and was met with by White at Oran, in the province of Salta, ...1889, Philip Lutley Sclater, Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine Republic, page 144
    • [...] bird took possession of. Unfortunately in both cases nothing came of the eggs the cock sat on. I thought at first it was because the Talpacoti Dove was so often disturbed, but this does not seem to be the case, [...]1906, The Avicultural Magazine, page 114

Examples of talpacoti in a sentence

  • One of the most prolific doves which I have kept, a native of eastern South America is the Talpacoti or Ruddy Ground Dove (Chamaepelia talpacoti).1939, Carl Albert Naether, The Book of the Pigeon, page 225:
  • Both Mexican and South American Talpacotis have frequently been imported and reared in Europe and in the United States.1959, Jean Delacour, Wild pigeons and doves, page 36:
  • rôla (f.) any of numerous small doves and pigeons, esp. the talpacoti dove (Columbigalla talpacoti) c.a.1970, James Lumpkin Taylor, A Portuguese-English Dictionary, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 558:

Forms of talpacoti

pluraltalpacotis

Origin of talpacoti

From a Native American language, possibly Classical Nahuatl tlapalcocotli, from tlapalli (“red”), cocotli.

Questions about talpacoti

What does talpacoti mean?
Talpacoti means the ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti, found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.
How do you use talpacoti in a sentence?
One of the most prolific doves which I have kept, a native of eastern South America is the Talpacoti or Ruddy Ground Dove (Chamaepelia talpacoti).
What part of speech is talpacoti?
Talpacoti is a noun.
What is the plural of talpacoti?
The plural of talpacoti is talpacotis.

Words near talpacoti in the dictionary

  1. talotibial
  2. Taloumbi
  3. Taloy Norte
  4. Taloy Sur
  5. talpa
  6. talpacoti
  7. talpacotis
  8. talpae
  9. talpicide
  10. talpid
  11. talpids

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