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  • 71mourning cloak butterfly — noun of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders • Syn: ↑mourning cloak, ↑Camberwell beauty, ↑Nymphalis antiopa • Hypernyms: ↑nymphalid, ↑nymphalid butterfly, ↑brush footed butterfly, ↑ …

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  • 72Mourning — Mourn Mourn (m[=o]rn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mourned} (m[=o]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Mourning}.] [AS. murnan; akin to OS. mornian, OHG. mornen, Goth. ma[ u]rnan.] 1. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be …

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  • 73Mourning dove — Dove Dove (d[u^]v), n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[=u]fe; akin to OS. d[=u]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[=u]ba, G. taube, Icel. d[=u]fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[=u]b[=o]; perh. from the root of E. dive.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A pigeon of the genus {Columba} …

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  • 74mourning band — a piece of black cloth that is worn, esp. as a band encircling the upper arm, to indicate mourning. [1610 20] * * * …

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  • 75mourning — noun /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/ a) The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation. ‘Im bored. I cant go out anywhere because its too soon and I have to wear this disgusting mourning.’ b) Feeling or expressing sorrow over someones death …

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  • 76mourning dove — noun A grey coloured dove, Zenaida macroura, that has a mournful call, native to North America Syn: American mourning dove, Carolina pigeon, Carolina turtledove …

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  • 77mourning — mourn·ing (morґning) 1. the normal psychological processes that follow the loss of a loved one; grief is the accompanying emotional state. Four phases have been described: a short phase of numbness and denial, followed by a phase of yearning and… …

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  • 78MOURNING —    RITUALS which accompany death. Most religious TRADITIONS make some allowance for a period of mourning which helps the bereaved come to terms with the death of a loved one, close friend or relative …

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  • 79mourning customs — traditions followed during a time of mourning …

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  • 80mourning — noun 1》 deep sorrow for a person s death. 2》 black clothes conventionally worn in a period of mourning …

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