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cuckoo-dove

noun
/ˈkʊkuːˌdʌv/UK

Etymology

From cuckoo + dove.

  1. inherited from *dūbǭ✻
  2. inherited from *dūbā✻
  3. inherited from *dūfe✻
  4. inherited from douve
  5. compounded as cuckoo-dove — “cuckoo + dove”

Definitions

  1. Any of several species of bird in the genera Macropygia, Reinwardtoena and Turacoena of…

    Any of several species of bird in the genera Macropygia, Reinwardtoena and Turacoena of the pigeon family.

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