spinifex pigeon

noun

Geophaps plumifera, native to Australia.

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Meanings

nounspinifex pigeon (plural spinifex pigeons)

plural spinifex pigeons

  1. Geophaps plumifera, native to Australia.

    [A]s we climbed into the sandstones the pretty spinifex pigeon tripped along ahead.

    1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 202

Translations

Finnish keihäskivikyyhky
  • keihäskivikyyhkyGeophaps plumifera
Polish aborygenek lancetoczuby
  • aborygenek lancetoczubyGeophaps plumifera
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APA

spinifex pigeon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinifex%20pigeon

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“spinifex pigeon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinifex%20pigeon. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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