Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of crownpigeons of the Papuan subfamily Gourinæ. The best-known species is G. coronata. G. albertisi inhabits New Guinea, while G. victoria is found in the adjoining islands of Jobie and Misory. Also called Lophyrus, Megapelia, and Ptilophyrus.
- noun See
gora .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (
Goura Victoria ) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata ) are among the best known species.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
crested ground-dwellingpigeons , of the genusGoura , fromNew Guinea
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Examples
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Over Charity's shoulder and through the spray of the goura on her hat he saw Kedzie sharp and stark, her suavities of line and the milk-smooth fabric of her envelope.
We Can't Have Everything Rupert Hughes 1914
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Africa; the Nicobar ground pigeon in but the Indian Archipelago; the magnificent fruit pigeon in the eastern parts of Australia; and the crowned goura pigeon, the giant of its family, in the Molucca Islands.
The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Hugh Miller 1829
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