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Meaning of wood pigeon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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.

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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