wood pigeon

Definitions

1. The common wood pigeon, an Old World species of pigeon, Columba palumbus.
2. Any of several related species of pigeon in the genus Columba.
3. A very large (up to 650 grams) species of pigeon native to New Zealand, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae.

Equivalents

Examples

“Idiot-eyed wood pigeons lumbered across the lawn, belly-deep in clover.”

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