Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cushat or ring-dove, Columba palumbus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The European ringdove (
Columba palumbus ); the cushat.
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- noun Archaic form of
cushat .
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A more descriptive name is that of ringdove, easily explained by the white collar, but the bird is also known as cushat, queest, or even culver.
reesetee commented on the word queest
English, Welsh, and Irish regional nickname for the wood pigeon. Also "queest-dove" and "quoice."
February 15, 2008