sucking-dove

名詞

A young pigeon or dove that still has downy feathers; symbolically representing gentleness and placidity.

日本語の意味

下毛が残る若い鳩。柔和さや平穏の象徴とされる

The rescuers found a tiny sucking-dove shivering beneath the porch and gently warmed it until it could fly.

救助隊はポーチの下で震えている小さな雛鳩を見つけ、飛べるようになるまで優しく温めた。

意味（1）

A young pigeon or dove that still has downy feathers; symbolically representing gentleness and placidity.

"He'd put up the feathers of a sucking-dove and set up a riot in a Quakers' meeting."

sucking-doves

（ plural ）