STREPTOPELIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Streptopelia mean? 

• STREPTOPELIA (noun)
  The noun STREPTOPELIA has 1 sense:

1. turtledoves

  Familiarity information: STREPTOPELIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STREPTOPELIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turtledoves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Streptopelia; Streptopelia

Hypernyms ("Streptopelia" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Streptopelia"):

turtledove (any of several Old World wild doves)

Holonyms ("Streptopelia" is a member of...):

Columbidae; family Columbidae (doves and pigeons)