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Definition of Columba palumbus
1. Noun. Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck.
Exact synonyms: Cushat, Ringdove, Wood Pigeon
Generic synonyms: Pigeon
Group relationships: Columba, Genus Columba
Generic synonyms: Pigeon
Group relationships: Columba, Genus Columba
Lexicographical Neighbors of Columba Palumbus
Literary usage of Columba palumbus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1856)
"columba palumbus. The Ring Dove. columba palumbus, Linn. SN ip 282. Columba torquata,
Leach, Syst. Cat. ... Columba (Palumbus) torquatus, Bl. Cat. p. 233. ..."
2. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"THE RINGDOVE, CUSHAT, OR WOOD PIGEON, (columba palumbus,) Is the largest Pigeon
found in our island, by which it may be distinguished from all others; ..."
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