A tropical fruit-eating pigeon that typically has a pale greyish head and breast and a dark back, occurring in Australasia, Indonesia, and southern Asia.
Genus Ducula, family Columbidae. See also fruit pigeon
Example sentencesExamples
European otters and the Christmas Island imperial pigeon are among those now considered out of danger.
Definition of imperial pigeon in US English:
imperial pigeon
noun
A tropical fruit-eating pigeon that typically has a pale grayish head and breast and a dark back, occurring in Australasia, Indonesia, and southern Asia.
Genus Ducula, family Columbidae
Example sentencesExamples
European otters and the Christmas Island imperial pigeon are among those now considered out of danger.