streptopelia turtur

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   the common European wild dove noted for its plaintive cooing

   Broaderturtledove

Questions about streptopelia turtur

What does streptopelia turtur mean?

streptopelia turtur means "the common European wild dove noted for its plaintive cooing".

Is streptopelia turtur a common word?

streptopelia turtur 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.