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斑鸠

bān jiū

2-character word Traditional 斑鳩

What 斑鸠 means

1. turtledove

The characters in 斑鸠

• 斑bānspot; colored patch; stripe
• 鸠jiūturtledove; (literary) to gather

Words containing 斑鸠

• 山斑鸠shān bān jiū(bird species of China) oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
• 棕斑鸠zōng bān jiū(bird species of China) laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
• 欧斑鸠ōu bān jiū(bird species of China) European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)
• 火斑鸠huǒ bān jiū(bird species of China) red collared dove; red turtle dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)
• 灰斑鸠huī bān jiū(bird species of China) Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
• 珠颈斑鸠zhū jǐng bān jiū(bird species of China) spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)

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