Definition of Streptopelia

1. Noun. Turtledoves.

Exact synonyms: Genus Streptopelia
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Columbidae, Family Columbidae
Member holonyms: Turtledove

Lexicographical Neighbors of Streptopelia

Strekelia formosissima
Strelitz
Strelitzes
Strelitzia
Strelitzia reginae
Strelitziaceae
Strepera
Strephon
Strepsiceros
Strepsirhini
Streptococcus anhemolyticus
Streptomyces erythreus
Streptomyces griseus
Streptomyces scabies
Streptomycetaceae
Streptopelia (current term)
Streptopelia risoria
Streptopelia turtur
Streptosolen
Streptosolen jamesonii
Strickland
Strigidae
Strigiformes
Strindberg
Strindbergian
Strine
Strix
Strix aluco
Strix nebulosa
Strix occidentalis

Literary usage of Streptopelia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1848)
"Streptopelia vinacea, Pr. B. Consp. Syst. At. ii. p. 64. Briss. Om. it 11. f. 1; PI. ... Streptopelia semitorquatus, Pr. B. Consp. Gen. An. ii. p. 64. a, b. ..."

2. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1856)
"Streptopelia vinacea, Pr. B. Consp. Syst. Av. ii. p. 64. Briss. Orn. it 11. f. ... 235. Columba bicincta, A. Smith's MSS. Streptopelia semitorquatus ..."

3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1912)
"... but the dark form is referred to the species Turtur risorius, sub-genus Streptopelia. In Sharpe's Handlist (Sharpe, '99, p. 78) the term Streptopelia ..."

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