mourning : Idioms & Phrases

Index

Deep mourning

  • . See under Deep.
Webster 1913

Mourning bride

  • (Bot.), a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads.
Webster 1913

Mourning dove

  • noun wild dove of the United States having a mournful call
    Zenaidura macroura.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) found throughout the United States; so named from its plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust. under Dove.
Webster 1913

Mourning warbler

  • (Zoöl.), an American ground warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.
Webster 1913