rock pigeonn.

Brit.

/ˈrɒk ˌpɪdʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S.

/ˈrɑk ˌpɪdʒ(ə)n/

Forms: see rock n.¹ and pigeon n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rock n.¹, pigeon n.

Etymology: < rock n.¹ + pigeon n. In sense 1 originally after French †colombe rocheraye (1611 in Cotgrave in an apparently isolated attestation: see quot. 1611); compare French †rocheraie , in same sense (1771; 1765 as †rocheraye ), Old Occitan colomb roquier (c1300), and also rock dove n. 1. In sense 2 the birds are so called on account of their resemblance to pigeons.

1. The rock dove, Columba livia. Also blue rock pigeon.In quot. 1994: the speckled pigeon, C. guinea, of Africa.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > columba livia (rock-dove)

rock dove1610

rock pigeon1611

sea-pigeon1620

blue pigeon1676

rockier1780

rocker1802

biset1834

rock1854

sod1885

tin-rock1892

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Colombe rocheraye, a rocke Pigeon.

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 77 Palumbus Rupicola.., the Rock-Pidgeon.

1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) at Pigeons Pigeons or doves, are of various kinds..as Wood-pigeons, Rock-pigeon [etc.].

1780 G. White Let. 30 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 111 I readily concur with you in supposing that house-doves are derived from the small blue rock-pigeon.

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Dove—Rock Ornithologists seem to differ in opinion concerning the Rock and Stock Pigeon.

1860 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 2) i. 25 The rock-pigeon is of a slaty-blue.

1892 A. M. Clerke Familiar Stud. Homer 130 The rock-pigeon, called from its slate-coloured plumage peleia.

1909 Chatterbox 86/2 The abodes of the wild rabbit are used..by blue rock pigeons.

1965 G. Maxwell House of Elrig ii. 27 Black rock cliffs with deep mysterious caves full of the whicker of rock-pigeons' wings.

1994 Afr. Environment & Wildlife Nov.–Dec. 44/1 Species such as francolins, sand-grouse, a rock pigeon, Columba guinea , and even a lesser bushbaby, Galago moholi , have been recorded as prey items.

2006 A. D. Blechman Pigeons Introd. 6 The rock dove (the name ‘rock pigeon’ is becoming increasingly popular among ornithologists) is a member of the family Columbidae.

†2. Anglo-Indian. A sandgrouse (genus Pterocles); esp. the chestnut-bellied sandgrouse, P. exustus. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Pteroclidae (sand-grouse)

grouse1772

sand-grouse1783

rock pigeon1834

sand pigeon1884

1834 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 3 639 Pterocles exustus... Rock Pigeon of Europeans in the Dukhun.

1855 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah I. viii. 226 The Tetrao Kata or sand-grouse, (Pterocles melanogaster) (in Sindh it is called the rock pigeon,) is a fast-flying bird.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 578/2 Rock-pigeon, the bird so called by sportsmen in India is the Pterocles exustus of Temminck.

3. Australian. Any of several pigeons frequenting rocky country; esp. either of two small dark brown pigeons of the genus Petrophassa, of northern Australia.

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1844 G. R. Gray List Specimens Birds Brit. Mus. III. 11 The Rock Pigeon. Petrophassa albipennis, Gould.

1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. 476 A new species of rock pigeon (Petrophassa..) with a dark brown body, primaries light brown without any white.

1896 B. Spencer Rep. Horn Sci. Exped. Central Austral. II. 99 Lophophaps leucogaster... Their love of rocky country has gained for them the appellation of ‘Rock Pigeons’.

1954 I. L. Idriess Nor'-Westers 126 Out on the hills live scattered flocks of dainty little rock pigeons.

1984 M. Blakers et al. Atlas Austral. Birds 235 The White-quilled Rock-Pigeon..is confined to sandstone gorges with permanent water.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rock pigeon
释义	rock pigeonn. Brit. /ˈrɒk ˌpɪdʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˈrɑk ˌpɪdʒ(ə)n/ Forms: see rock n.¹ and pigeon n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rock n.¹, pigeon n. Etymology: < rock n.¹ + pigeon n. In sense 1 originally after French †colombe rocheraye (1611 in Cotgrave in an apparently isolated attestation: see quot. 1611); compare French †rocheraie , in same sense (1771; 1765 as †rocheraye ), Old Occitan colomb roquier (c1300), and also rock dove n. 1. In sense 2 the birds are so called on account of their resemblance to pigeons. 1. The rock dove, Columba livia. Also blue rock pigeon.In quot. 1994: the speckled pigeon, C. guinea, of Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > columba livia (rock-dove) rock dove1610 rock pigeon1611 sea-pigeon1620 blue pigeon1676 rockier1780 rocker1802 biset1834 rock1854 sod1885 tin-rock1892 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Colombe rocheraye, a rocke Pigeon. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 77 Palumbus Rupicola.., the Rock-Pidgeon. 1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) at Pigeons Pigeons or doves, are of various kinds..as Wood-pigeons, Rock-pigeon [etc.]. 1780 G. White Let. 30 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 111 I readily concur with you in supposing that house-doves are derived from the small blue rock-pigeon. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Dove—Rock Ornithologists seem to differ in opinion concerning the Rock and Stock Pigeon. 1860 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 2) i. 25 The rock-pigeon is of a slaty-blue. 1892 A. M. Clerke Familiar Stud. Homer 130 The rock-pigeon, called from its slate-coloured plumage peleia. 1909 Chatterbox 86/2 The abodes of the wild rabbit are used..by blue rock pigeons. 1965 G. Maxwell House of Elrig ii. 27 Black rock cliffs with deep mysterious caves full of the whicker of rock-pigeons' wings. 1994 Afr. Environment & Wildlife Nov.–Dec. 44/1 Species such as francolins, sand-grouse, a rock pigeon, Columba guinea , and even a lesser bushbaby, Galago moholi , have been recorded as prey items. 2006 A. D. Blechman Pigeons Introd. 6 The rock dove (the name ‘rock pigeon’ is becoming increasingly popular among ornithologists) is a member of the family Columbidae. †2. Anglo-Indian. A sandgrouse (genus Pterocles); esp. the chestnut-bellied sandgrouse, P. exustus. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Pteroclidae (sand-grouse) grouse1772 sand-grouse1783 rock pigeon1834 sand pigeon1884 1834 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 3 639 Pterocles exustus... Rock Pigeon of Europeans in the Dukhun. 1855 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah I. viii. 226 The Tetrao Kata or sand-grouse, (Pterocles melanogaster) (in Sindh it is called the rock pigeon,) is a fast-flying bird. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 578/2 Rock-pigeon, the bird so called by sportsmen in India is the Pterocles exustus of Temminck. 3. Australian. Any of several pigeons frequenting rocky country; esp. either of two small dark brown pigeons of the genus Petrophassa, of northern Australia. ΚΠ 1844 G. R. Gray List Specimens Birds Brit. Mus. III. 11 The Rock Pigeon. Petrophassa albipennis, Gould. 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. 476 A new species of rock pigeon (Petrophassa..) with a dark brown body, primaries light brown without any white. 1896 B. Spencer Rep. Horn Sci. Exped. Central Austral. II. 99 Lophophaps leucogaster... Their love of rocky country has gained for them the appellation of ‘Rock Pigeons’. 1954 I. L. Idriess Nor'-Westers 126 Out on the hills live scattered flocks of dainty little rock pigeons. 1984 M. Blakers et al. Atlas Austral. Birds 235 The White-quilled Rock-Pigeon..is confined to sandstone gorges with permanent water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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