silver-dun

noun

A type of domestic pigeon.

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nounsilver-dun (plural silver-duns)

plural silver-duns

  1. A type of domestic pigeon.

    We have tried this cross, of silver with yellow, viz.: a young yellow cock and a yearling silver hen, and obtained a hard-coloured black with bars, a hard dun also with bars, and two very badly coloured silver duns or mealies.

    1908, C. H. Tattersall, S. F. Butterworth, A Treatise on the Dragoon Pigeon, page 35
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