wood pigeon
wood pigeon noun: the common wood pigeon, Columba palumbus, an Old World species of pigeon.
Noun
wood pigeon (plural wood pigeons)
- The common wood pigeon, Columba palumbus, an Old World species of pigeon.
- Idiot-eyed wood pigeons lumbered across the lawn, belly-deep in clover.2024, Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time, Sceptre, page 14
- Synonyms:
- common wood pigeon, culver, cushat, quist, zoozoo
- A species of pigeon native to New Zealand, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae.
- Synonyms:
- kererū, kūkū, kūkupa, New Zealand pigeon
wood pigeon meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Persian
wood pigeon in Tamil
- காட்டுப்புறா
wood pigeon in Arabic
- Columba palumbus
- وَرَشَان warašān
wood pigeon in Persian
- Columba palumbus
- ماسوچه mâsuče
Synonyms of wood pigeon
- common wood pigeon
- culver
- cushat
- quist
- zoozoo
- kererū
- kūkū
- kūkupa
- New Zealand pigeon
Forms of wood pigeon
| plural | wood pigeons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | woodpigeon |
| alternative form | wood-pigeon |
Questions about wood pigeon
- What does wood pigeon mean?
- Wood pigeon means the common wood pigeon, Columba palumbus, an Old World species of pigeon.
- What is wood pigeon in Tamil?
- Wood pigeon in Tamil is காட்டுப்புறா. See Wood pigeon meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is wood pigeon?
- Wood pigeon is a noun.
- What is the plural of wood pigeon?
- The plural of wood pigeon is wood pigeons.
Words near wood pigeon in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wood pigeon (page history and authors); wood pigeon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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