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Definition of Tumbler pigeon
1. Noun. Pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumbler Pigeon
Literary usage of Tumbler pigeon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1874)
"ACQUIRED HABITS OF THE tumbler pigeon. Mr. Darwin, in a recent communication to
Nature, refers to a very remarkable East Indian variety of the tumbler ..."
2. Annual Record of Science and Industry by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1875)
"ACQUIRED HABITS OF THE tumbler pigeon. Mr.Darwin, in a recent communication to
Nature, refers to a very remarkable East Indian variety of the tumbler pigeon ..."
3. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction by Reuben Percy, John Timbs (1831)
"WHIRLS OF THE tumbler pigeon. A Correspondent of the Magazine of Natural History
suspects this movement to be practised only by the male pigeon ; but a ..."
4. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1831)
"Whirls of the tumbler pigeon. — Sir, If Mr. Swainson, or any of the learned
contributors to your Magazine, will condescend to give a satisfactory reason for ..."
5. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"LOTAN " tumbler pigeon, i. 157. ... tumbler pigeon, i. 157. Loxia pyrrhula, ii.
137. LUBBOCK, Sir J., developments of the ..."
6. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"... or other tumbler pigeon" The breed is now well established, and may be said
to be of a general uniform type. ..."
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