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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.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck

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  • 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

  • Lovely.

    November 9, 2007