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silver-duns

silver-duns is the plural of silver-dun.

Meaning of silver-dun

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

Questions about silver-duns

What is silver-duns the plural of?
Silver-duns is the plural of silver-dun.

Words near silver-duns in the dictionary

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

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