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crown pigeon

crown pigeon noun: a crowned pigeon.

Noun

crown pigeon (plural crown pigeons)

  1. (obsolete) A crowned pigeon.
    • On the 17th, the steamer not having arrived, the coal-ship left, having lain here a month, according to her contract; and on the same day my hunters went out to shoot for the first time, and brought home a magnificent crown pigeon and a few common birds.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 309

Forms of crown pigeon

pluralcrown pigeons

Questions about crown pigeon

What does crown pigeon mean?
Crown pigeon means a crowned pigeon.
What part of speech is crown pigeon?
Crown pigeon is a noun.
What is the plural of crown pigeon?
The plural of crown pigeon is crown pigeons.

Words near crown pigeon in the dictionary

  1. Crown of Aragon
  2. crown of thorns
  3. crown over
  4. crown piece
  5. crown pieces
  6. crown pigeon
  7. crown pigeons
  8. Crown Point
  9. crown post
  10. crown prince
  11. crown princes

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