wood pigeon
noun
: 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
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Try Under the Table on Dundas Street for delicate and flavorful European dishes, from seared wood pigeon to smoked mackerel mousse.
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Lottie Gross, AFAR Media, 20 May 2025
The team selected two carrion crows, two collared doves, and a wood pigeon–similar species to what Neanderthals might have eaten.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 July 2024
The bigger dishes are fish- and meat-focused—langoustine, John Dory, red mullet, Tamworth collar chop from his native Wales, wood pigeon, Jersey beef rib—but the team has given the spotlight to more vegetables than at the original, with small plates of pumpkin fritto and wild mushrooms.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2024
The common wood pigeon is gregarious, often forming very large flocks outside the breeding season.
—Hazlitt, 8 Nov. 2023
Around one corner, a wood pigeon landed, gave us a hard stare, and flew away.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
On this season’s menu are classics like deer or wood pigeon topped with truffle and Puccia di Langa, an ancient local recipe of polenta and veal with a Marsala sauce.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
The coast is six miles to the north, as the Asturian wood pigeon flies.
—Chiara Goia, National Geographic, 14 Dec. 2019
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Lottie Gross, AFAR Media, 20 May 2025
The team selected two carrion crows, two collared doves, and a wood pigeon–similar species to what Neanderthals might have eaten.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 July 2024
The bigger dishes are fish- and meat-focused—langoustine, John Dory, red mullet, Tamworth collar chop from his native Wales, wood pigeon, Jersey beef rib—but the team has given the spotlight to more vegetables than at the original, with small plates of pumpkin fritto and wild mushrooms.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2024
The common wood pigeon is gregarious, often forming very large flocks outside the breeding season.
—Hazlitt, 8 Nov. 2023
Around one corner, a wood pigeon landed, gave us a hard stare, and flew away.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
On this season’s menu are classics like deer or wood pigeon topped with truffle and Puccia di Langa, an ancient local recipe of polenta and veal with a Marsala sauce.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
The coast is six miles to the north, as the Asturian wood pigeon flies.
—Chiara Goia, National Geographic, 14 Dec. 2019
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