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ˈwood-ˌpigeon
Any of the species of pigeon that live in woods, as the stock-dove, Columba œnas, and (now esp.) the ring-dove, C. palumbus.
1668Charleton Onomast. 77 Columbæ Cavernalis..the Stock-dove, or Wood Pidgeon. 1743Shenstone Pastoral Ballad ii. v, I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed. 1780G. White Selborne, Let. to Pennant 30 Nov., As to the wild wood-pigeon, the oenas, or vinago, of Ray, I..see no reason for making it the origin of the common house-dove; but suppose those that have advanced that opinion may have been misled by another appellation, often given to the oenas, which is that of stock-dove. 1837P. Keith Bot. Lex. 217 Knots or bunches..formed by means of a plexus of young shoots,..apt to be mistaken..for a wood-pigeon's nest. a1887Jefferies Field & Hedgerow 303 The forest is not vacant... Wood-pigeons and turtle-doves abound. |