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Definition of Genus Streptopelia
1. Noun. Turtledoves.
Exact synonyms: Streptopelia
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Columbidae, Family Columbidae
Member holonyms: Turtledove
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Columbidae, Family Columbidae
Member holonyms: Turtledove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Streptopelia
Literary usage of Genus Streptopelia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1912)
"... to Salvadori ('93), the tame ring-doves are of unknown ancestry, but the dark
form is referred to the species Turtur risorius, sub-genus Streptopelia. ..."
2. Bulletin by United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (1916)
"Wash., xxviii, May 27,1915, 107 (five miles north of Nogales, Arizona; coll.
US Nat. Mus.). Genus STREPTOPELIA Bonaparte. Streptopelia. BONAPARTE, Consp. ..."
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