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Definition of Rock pigeon
1. Noun. Pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended.
Generic synonyms: Pigeon
Group relationships: Columba, Genus Columba
Definition of Rock pigeon
1. Noun. A species of pigeon, ''Columba livia''. Over the years both the terms "rock dove" and "rock pigeon" have been used interchangeably for this species. (See the note on the nomenclature of this species: [ ¹
2. Noun. A term used in Australia to refer to the native bronzewing pigeons, or bronzewings. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Pigeon
Literary usage of Rock pigeon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"... OF THE WILD rock pigeon— ... or rock- pigeon. Temminck l has well observed,
and Mr. Gould has made the same remark to me ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In the wild state the rock-pigeon inhabits the rocky sea coasts and neighboring
islands of Europe and North Africa, but is rare inland; though in many ..."
3. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1909)
"But birds breeding on precipices, and good fliers, are unlikely to be exterminated;
and the common rock-pigeon, which has the same habits with the domestic ..."
4. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1909)
"But birds breeding on precipices, and good fliers, are unlikely to be exterminated;
and the common rock-pigeon, which has the same habits ..."
5. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin (1878)
"If the several breeds are not varieties, and have not proceeded from the rock-pigeon,
they must have descended from at least seven or eight aboriginal ..."
6. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... only in having an ash coloured, instead of a pure white rump. The C. livi» of
Europe or rock pigeon with its sub-species ii the parent form of all ..."
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