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  • 61TURTLE DOVE — (Heb. תּוֹר, an onomatopoeic word), the Streptopelia turtur. Large flights arrive in Israel in spring, and their cooing, which fills the wood, heralds the advent of spring (Song 2:12). It nests in trees and lays two clutches of eggs. In October… …

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  • 622003 Dove Award Nominees — for the thirty fourth annual ceremony of the Dove Awards.Nomineesong of the Year# Above All ; Lenny LeBlanc, Paul Baloche; Integrity s Hosanna!Music, Len Songs Publishing (ASCAP) # Back In His Arms Again ; Mark Schultz; Mark Schultz Music (BMI) # …

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  • 63Carolina dove — Mourning Mourn ing, a. 1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting. [1913 Webster] 2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,… …

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  • 64Mourning dove — Mourning Mourn ing, a. 1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting. [1913 Webster] 2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,… …

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  • 65Ring-necked Dove — Taxobox name = Ring necked Dove image width = 200px status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Columbiformes familia = Columbidae genus = Streptopelia species = S. capicola binomial =… …

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  • 66Soiled Dove Plea — A speech delivered by the attorney Temple Lea Houston in 1899 in Woodward, Oklahoma, considered by many trial attorneys to be the perfect closing argument. The accused prostitute was scheduled to be tried for prostitution one morning and the… …

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  • 67Red-eyed Dove — Taxobox name = Red eyed Dove status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 caption = Adult, Kenya regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Columbiformes familia = Columbidae genus = Streptopelia species = S. semitorquata binomial =… …

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  • 68Partridge dove — Partridge Par tridge (p[aum]r tr[i^]j), n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, icis, fr. Gr. pe rdix.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several… …

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  • 69Wood dove — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently …

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  • 70Ground dove — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …

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