wood pigeon


wood pigeon

noun

Definition of WOOD PIGEON

: a large chiefly European pigeon (Columba palumbus) with a whitish patch on each side of the neck and wings edged with white —called also ringdove

First Known Use of WOOD PIGEON

1714

Rhymes with WOOD PIGEON

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