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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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  • a.k.a. pigeon

    February 6, 2007