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silver-dun

silver-dun noun: a type of domestic pigeon.

Noun

silver-dun (plural silver-duns)

  1. A type of domestic pigeon.
    • We have tried this cross, of silver with yellow, viz.: a young yellow cock and a yearling silver hen, and obtained a hard-coloured black with bars, a hard dun also with bars, and two very badly coloured silver duns or mealies.1908, C. H. Tattersall, S. F. Butterworth, A Treatise on the Dragoon Pigeon, page 35

Forms of silver-dun

pluralsilver-duns

Questions about silver-dun

What does silver-dun mean?
Silver-dun means a type of domestic pigeon.
What part of speech is silver-dun?
Silver-dun is a noun.
What is the plural of silver-dun?
The plural of silver-dun is silver-duns.

Words near silver-dun in the dictionary

  1. silver Ys
  2. silver-backed fox
  3. silver-backed foxes
  4. silver-beet
  5. silver-beets
  6. silver-dun
  7. silver-duns
  8. silver-feast
  9. silver-feasts
  10. silver-foxy
  11. silver-gilt

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