单词 | colombophile |
释义 | colombophilen.adj. A. n. A pigeon-fancier. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons > pigeon-fancier the fancy1735 pigeon fancier?1755 columbarian1807 colombophile1890 pigeoneer1918 1890 Homing News 31 Jan. 55/1 Eggs laid in the baskets during transit by train..are often greatly prized by some colombophiles. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 8/2 The Battersea colombophile, whose pigeons..are set at liberty and allowed to fly home. B. adj. Pigeon-fancying; of or pertaining to pigeon-fanciers. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [adjective] > relating to pigeon-fanciers colombophile1890 1890 Homing News 3 Jan. 3/1 Colombophile world. 1958 Punch 3 Nov. 40/3 Such a colombophile triumph could not pass unremarked. Derivatives coˌlomboˈphilia n. pigeon-fancying. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons pigeon fancy1879 colombophilia1964 1964 Economist 15 Aug. 650/1 No single body..covers all aspects of colombophilia in Britain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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