Meanings
nounband-tailed pigeon (plural band-tailed pigeons)
plural band-tailed pigeons
- Patagioenas fasciata, a large pigeon native to the Americas, with a thin white collar on the nape and a purple-gray breast.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon
Similar
band-tail pigeonbandtailColumba fasciata
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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