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mourning dove definition

☆ mourning dove

a gray wild dove (Zenaida macroura) of the U.S.: so called because its cooing sounds mournful

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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