"ground dove" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ground dove.wav Forms: ground doves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ground dove (plural ground doves)
  1. Birds of family Columbidae that feed mainly on the ground.
    in subfamily Claravinae (American ground doves)
    Sense id: en-ground_dove-en-noun-lgotaoxA
  2. Birds of family Columbidae that feed mainly on the ground.
    in subfamily Claravinae (American ground doves)
    especially, common ground dove (Columbina passerina).
    Sense id: en-ground_dove-en-noun-ITmvQmk5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Columbids Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 46 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 71 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 48 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 48 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 64 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 17 53 30 Disambiguation of Columbids: 20 64 16 Derived forms: American ground dove (alt: Claravinae spp.), bare-faced ground dove (taxonomic: Metriopelia ceciliae), black-winged ground dove (Metriopelia melanoptera', blue-eyed ground dove (taxonomic: Columbina cyanopis), blue ground dove (taxonomic: Claravis pretiosa), common ground dove (taxonomic: Columbina passerina), croaking ground dove (taxonomic: Columbina cruziana), Ecuadorian ground dove (taxonomic: Columbina buckleyi), golden-spotted ground dove (taxonomic: Metriopelia aymara), long-tailed ground dove (taxonomic: Uropelia campestris), maroon-chested ground dove (taxonomic: Paraclaravis mondetoura), Moreno's ground dove (taxonomic: Metriopelia morenoi), Picui ground dove (taxonomic: Columbina picui), plain-breasted ground dove (taxonomic: Columbina minuta), purple-winged ground dove (taxonomic: Paraclaravis geoffroyi), ruddy ground dove (taxonomic: Columbina talpacoti)
  3. Birds of family Columbidae that feed mainly on the ground.
    in tribe Phabini of subfamily Raphinae (Indo-Pacific ground doves)
    Translations (subfamily Phabini): dodo (Finnish), turtur ddaear [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ground_dove-en-noun-VPo5sc29 Disambiguation of 'subfamily Phabini': 14 14 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (subfamily Claravinae): varpuskyyhky (english: genus Columbina) (Finnish), maakyyhky (english: Claravis, Paraclaravis) (Finnish), malvakyyhky (english: Uropelia) (Finnish), andienkyyhky (english: Metriopelia) (Finnish), turtur ddaear [feminine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'subfamily Claravinae': 48 48 3

Inflected forms

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