golden fruit dove

English

Alternative forms

• Golden Fruit Dove

Etymology

From the males' bright golden-yellow colour.

Noun

golden fruit dove (plural golden fruit doves)

1. Ptilinopus luteovirens, a small, approximately 20 cm (8 in) long, short-tailed fruit dove in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.

Synonyms

• golden dove
• lemon dove
• yellow dove

Translations

the fruit dove species Ptilinopus luteovirens

• German: Goldtaube f
• Russian: золото́й пёстрый го́лубь m (zolotój pjóstryj gólubʹ)