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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The rock-pigeon or blue-rock, Columba livia: in distinction from the other two British pigeons of the same genus, the ring-dove (C. palumbus) and the stockdove (C. ænas).
- noun The sea-dove, sea-pigeon, or black guillemot, Uria grylle: so called because it breeds in the rocks.
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- noun pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended
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reesetee commented on the word rock dove
a.k.a. pigeon
February 6, 2007