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nutmeg pigeons

nutmeg pigeons is the plural of nutmeg pigeon.

Meaning of nutmeg pigeon

Noun

nutmeg pigeon (plural nutmeg pigeons)

  1. Synonym of Torresian imperial pigeon.
    • It is the same species which in the island of Banda is called the nutmeg-pigeon, from its habit of devouring the fruits, the seed or nutmeg being thrown up entire and uninjured.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 181

Questions about nutmeg pigeons

What is nutmeg pigeons the plural of?
Nutmeg pigeons is the plural of nutmeg pigeon.

Words near nutmeg pigeons in the dictionary

  1. nutmeg geraniums
  2. nutmeg liver
  3. nutmeg livers
  4. nutmeg mannikin
  5. nutmeg pigeon
  6. nutmeg pigeons
  7. nutmeg psychoses
  8. nutmeg psychosis
  9. Nutmeg State
  10. Nutmeg Stater
  11. nutmeg yew

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