crowned pigeon
noun
Definition of crowned pigeon
: any of several pigeons constituting a genus (Goura) native to New Guinea and adjacent islands having a high fan-shaped erect crest of lacy feathers and slaty-blue plumage and being occasionally as large as geese
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First Known Use of crowned pigeon
1779
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