Meanings
plural nutmeg pigeons
- Synonym of Torresian imperial pigeon.
It is the same species which in the island of Banda is called the nutmeg-pigeon, from its habit of devouring the fruits, the seed or nutmeg being thrown up entire and uninjured.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 181Synonyms: Torresian imperial pigeon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Torresian imperial pigeon.
Origin
So called from its feeding upon the fruit of the nutmeg tree.
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