English Dictionary

Barbary dove

名詞

A domesticated dove with unclear taxonomic classification, often treated as its own species as Streptopelia risoria, sometimes as a subspecies of either Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto or African collared dove Streptopelia roseogrisea, and sometimes not as separate species at all, freely breeding with the above species.

日本語の意味

バーバリ鳩：分類が不明瞭な飼い鳩。独自の種（Streptopelia risoria）として扱われることもあれば、ユーラシアの首飾り鳩（Streptopelia decaocto）やアフリカの首飾り鳩（Streptopelia roseogrisea）の亜種とされる場合や、別の種として区別されない場合もあり、これらの種と自由に交雑することがある。

The Barbary dove on the windowsill cooed contentedly, a household bird whose mixed ancestry makes its species identity uncertain.

窓辺にいた分類学的地位が不確かな飼いならされた鳩は満足そうにクークー鳴き、その混じった系統のために種の所属が曖昧だった。

意味（1）

A domesticated dove with unclear taxonomic classification, often treated as its own species as Streptopelia risoria, sometimes as a subspecies of either Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto or African collared dove Streptopelia roseogrisea, and sometimes not as separate species at all, freely breeding with the above species.

Barbary doves （ plural ）