laughing dove

laughing dove

English

A laughing dove

Noun

laughing dove (plural laughing doves)

1. A small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.

Synonyms

• (Spilopelia senegalensis): Streptopelia senegalensis

Translations

Spilopelia senegalensis

Esperanto: palmturto Finnish: palmukyyhky (fi) Greek: φοινικοτρύγονο n (foinikotrýgono)

Persian: قمری‎ (fa) (qomri), قمری خانگی‎ (qomri-e xânegi), یاکریم‎ (yâ-karim) (colloquially), موسی کو تقی‎ (fa) (musâ-ku-taqi) (colloquially) Russian: ма́лая го́рлица f (málaja górlica) Turkish: küçük kumru (tr)

Further reading

• laughing dove on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spilopelia senegalensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Spilopelia senegalensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons