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wood pigeons

wood pigeons is the plural of wood pigeon.

Meaning of wood pigeon

Noun

wood pigeon (plural wood pigeons)

  1. 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
  2. A species of pigeon native to New Zealand, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae.
    Synonyms:
    kererū, kūkū, kūkupa, New Zealand pigeon

Questions about wood pigeons

What is wood pigeons the plural of?
Wood pigeons is the plural of wood pigeon.

Words near wood pigeons in the dictionary

  1. wood owls
  2. wood parenchyma
  3. wood pewee
  4. wood pewees
  5. wood pigeon
  6. wood pigeons
  7. wood poppies
  8. wood poppy
  9. wood processing
  10. wood pulp
  11. wood pulps

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