streptopelia risoria

1. 1.

   greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged

   Synonymsringdove

   Broaderturtledove

Questions about streptopelia risoria

What does streptopelia risoria mean?

streptopelia risoria means "greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged".

What is another word for streptopelia risoria?

Close synonyms include ringdove. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is streptopelia risoria a common word?

streptopelia risoria is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.