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Madeiran wood pigeon

Madeiran wood pigeon noun: an extinct subspecies of wood pigeon †Columba palumbus maderensis, that lived on the island of Madeira.

Noun

Madeiran wood pigeon (plural Madeiran wood pigeons)

  1. An extinct subspecies of wood pigeon †Columba palumbus maderensis, that lived on the island of Madeira.
    • Little can be said of the Madeiran wood pigeon except that it vanished from Madeira during the early years of the twentieth century.2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 173

Forms of Madeiran wood pigeon

pluralMadeiran wood pigeons

Questions about Madeiran wood pigeon

What does Madeiran wood pigeon mean?
Madeiran wood pigeon means an extinct subspecies of wood pigeon †Columba palumbus maderensis, that lived on the island of Madeira.
What part of speech is Madeiran wood pigeon?
Madeiran wood pigeon is a noun.
What is the plural of Madeiran wood pigeon?
The plural of Madeiran wood pigeon is Madeiran wood pigeons.

Words near Madeiran wood pigeon in the dictionary

  1. Madeira vines
  2. Madeira walnut
  3. Madeira walnuts
  4. Madeira wood
  5. Madeiran
  6. Madeiran wood pigeon
  7. Madeiran wood pigeons
  8. Madeirans
  9. madeiras
  10. madeirin
  11. Madej

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