The wood pigeon or ring-dove.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > columba palumbus (wood-pigeon) (11) cushata700 The wood pigeon or ring-dove. culverc825 A dove, a pigeon. wood-culvera1100 = wood pigeon, n. wood-dovec1386 = wood pigeon, n. Also applied to certain South African birds allied to this (see quots. 1875 –84, 1875 –84, 1875 –84). queest?1440 The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus. Formerly also †queest-dove. ringed dove?1533 †(a) = ring-dove, n. 1 (obsolete); (b) = ring-dove, n. 2. ring-dove1538 The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus, which has a white neck patch on each side of the neck, appearing to form a partial ring. wood-quest1543 = wood pigeon, n. wood pigeon1668 Any of the species of pigeon that live in woods, as the stock-dove, Columba œnas, and (now esp.) the ring-dove, C. palumbus. ring pigeon1776 the wood pigeon, Columba palumbus; cf. ring-dove, n. 1. woodie1947 colloquial abbreviation of wood pigeon, n. |
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