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Definition of Streptopelia
1. Noun. Turtledoves.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Columbidae, Family Columbidae
Member holonyms: Turtledove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Streptopelia
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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