wood-pigeon

A form of wood pigeon — The common wood pigeon, Columba palumbus, an Old World species of pigeon.

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nounwood-pigeon (plural wood-pigeons)

plural wood-pigeons

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wood pigeon.

    For a decade, up to 60% of the wood-pigeon population were removed each winter.

    2001, Michael R. Conover, Resolving Human-Wildlife Conflicts, page 155
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    If Sémiramis be a Wood-pigeon in Greece, it may, perchance have been an House-pigeon in the Countrey of Ajhur.

    1671, John Gregory, Gregorii Opuscula : or, Notes & Observations upon some Passages of Scripture, with other learned Tracts, page 236

    ONE of the most interesting and controversial problems connected with the wood-pigeon is the huge winter flocks which many believe are reinforced by migrants or 'foreigners' from abroad.

    1955, “Scottish Agriculture”, in Fisheries, volumes 35-36, Scotland: Department of Agriculture, page 209

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