Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large pigeon (Columba palumbus) of Europe and Asia, having a white band on each wing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wood-culver, wood-quest, cushat, or ring-dove, Columba palumbus; also, sometimes, the stockdove, C. ænas.
- noun In the western United States, the band-tailed pigeon, Columba fasciata.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
woodpigeon .
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- noun Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck
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yarb commented on the word wood pigeon
As a child I would fall asleep to the vespertine call of the wood pigeon:
o-oooo, o-oo.
o-oooo, o-oo.
o-oooo, o-oo.
o-oo.
November 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word wood pigeon
Lovely.
November 9, 2007