wood pigeon

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wood pigeon

noun wood pigeons · woodpigeon · wood-pigeon

  1. The common wood pigeon, Columba palumbus, an Old World species of pigeon. Idiot-eyed wood pigeons lumbered across the lawn, belly-deep in clover.

    Similar: common wood pigeon, culver, cushat, quist, zoozoo

  2. A species of pigeon native to New Zealand, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae.

    Similar: kererū, kūkū, kūkupa, New Zealand pigeon

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noun Columba palumbus

Españolpaloma torcaz
한국어숲비둘기 supbidulgi
日本語森鳩 moribato
Portuguêspombo torcaz
Françaisramier, palombe
DeutschRingeltaube, Holztaube
Italianocolombaccio
Ελληνικάφάσσα fássa
Românăporumbel gulerat
Русскийвя́хирь vjáxirʹ, витю́тень vitjútenʹ
العربيةوَرَشَان warašān

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@misc{wood_pigeon_2026,
  title = {wood pigeon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wood%20pigeon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}