单词 | white-crowned pigeon |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite-crowned pigeon white-crowned pigeon n. a pigeon having dark grey plumage with a conspicuous white crown, Columba leucocephala (or Patagioenas leucocephala), native to Caribbean islands and coasts. ΚΠ 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 428 The white crowned Pigeon. 1895 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1894 211 Among the birds [in southern Florida] may be mentioned the white-crowned pigeon, Zenaida dove, quail doves, [etc.]. 2006 Southeastern Naturalist 5 552 The Columba leucocephala Linnaeus (White-crowned Pigeon)..is highly vulnerable to nest predation. < as lemmas |
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