Cuckoo-dove
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: /ˈkÊŠkuËËŒdÊŒv/
Alternative forms
Origin
From cuckoo + dove
Full definition of cuckoo-dove
Noun
cuckoo-dove
(plural cuckoo-doves)- Any of several species of bird in the genera Macropygia, Reinwardtoena and Turacoena of the pigeon family.
Derived terms
- Andaman cuckoo-dove, Macropygia rufipennis
- bar-necked cuckoo-dove, Macropygia magna
- barred cuckoo-dove, Macropygia unchall
- black-billed cuckoo-dove, Macropygia nigrirostris
- brown cuckoo-dove, Macropygia amboinensis
- little cuckoo-dove, Macropygia ruficeps
- spot-breasted cuckoo-dove, Macropygia mackinlayi
- crested cuckoo-dove, Reinwardtoena crassirostris
- great cuckoo-dove, Reinwardtoena reinwardtii
- pied cuckoo-dove, Reinwardtoena browni
- black cuckoo-dove, Turacoena modesta
- white-faced cuckoo-dove, Turacoena manadensis