Definition of Rock pigeon

1. Noun. Pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended.

Exact synonyms: Columba Livia, Rock Dove
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

rock hound
rock hyrax
rock kangaroo
rock lobster
rock maple
rock mechanics
rock music
rock oil
rock on
rock opera
rock out
rock out with one's cock out
rock outcrop
rock partridge
rock penstemon
rock pigeon (current term)
rock pigeons
rock pink
rock pipit
rock pipits
rock plant
rock polypody
rock purslane
rock python
rock rabbit
rock rattlesnake
rock rose
rock salmon
rock salt
rock sandwort

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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