| 单词 | ring pigeon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasring pigeon ring pigeon n. now rare the wood pigeon, Columba palumbus; cf. ring-dove n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > columba palumbus (wood-pigeon) cushata700 culverc825 wood-culvera1100 wood-dovec1386 queest?1440 ringed dove?1533 ring-dove1538 wood-quest1543 wood pigeon1668 ring pigeon1776 woodie1947 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. Index 785 Wood-pigeon, or Ring Pigeon. 1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 424 This is evidence of the possibility of taming Ring-pigeons. 1906 Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dept. (Brit. Mus.) II. iii. 100 Ring Pigeon..(= Columba palumbus, L.). 2001 D. Gibbs et al. Pigeons & Doves 186/2 Common Wood Pigeon... Alternative names:..Ringdove, Cushat, Cushadoo, Quest, Ring Pigeon. < as lemmas |
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