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hill pigeon

hill pigeon noun: columba rupestris, a species of pigeon widely spread throughout northern Asia.

hill pigeon: columba rupestris, a species of pigeon widely spread throughout northern Asia
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Noun

hill pigeon (plural hill pigeons)

  1. Columba rupestris, a species of pigeon widely spread throughout northern Asia.

Forms of hill pigeon

pluralhill pigeons

Origin of hill pigeon

hill + pigeon

Questions about hill pigeon

What does hill pigeon mean?
Hill pigeon means columba rupestris, a species of pigeon widely spread throughout northern Asia.
What part of speech is hill pigeon?
Hill pigeon is a noun.
What is the plural of hill pigeon?
The plural of hill pigeon is hill pigeons.

Words near hill pigeon in the dictionary

  1. hill of beans
  2. Hill of Down
  3. Hill of Fearn
  4. hill partridge
  5. hill partridges
  6. hill pigeon
  7. Hill radii
  8. Hill radius
  9. hill rat
  10. hill rats
  11. Hill River poison

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