English Explanatory Dictionary

wood pigeon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The common wood pigeon, an Old World species of pigeon, Columba palumbus.
  2. Any of several related species of pigeon in the genus Columba.
  3. A very large (up to 650 grams) species of pigeon native to New Zealand, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wood pigeon.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wood pigeon.wav

Word forms

wood pigeon wood pigeons woodpigeon wood-pigeon

Synonyms

culver cushat common woodpigeon quist zoozoo kereru kererū kūkū kūkupa New Zealand pigeon

Translations

Albanian: gugash Arabic: وَرَشَان Aragonese: torcaz Aragonese: torcazo Aramaic: ܘܱܪܫܳܢܳܐ Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: וַרְשָׁאנָא Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אוּרְשָׁנָא Armenian: հավփալ Basque: pagauso Belarusian: вяхір Bulgarian: гривяк Catalan: tudó Chechen: кечал-кхокха Czech: holub hřivnáč Danish: ringdue Dutch: houtduif Finnish: sepelkyyhky French: ramier French: palombe Galician: pombo Galician: torcaza Georgian: ქედანი German: Ringeltaube German: Holztaube Greek: φάσσα Ancient Greek: φάσσα Hungarian: örvös galamb Italian: colombaccio Japanese: 森鳩 Kazakh: дыркеп Korean: 숲비둘기 Latin: palumbēs Low German: Holtduuv Middle English: cowschote Norman: pigeon ramyi Norman: pigeon sauvage Norwegian Bokmål: ringdue Norwegian Nynorsk: ringdue Occitan: ramièr Old English: wuduculfre Persian: ماسوچه Polish: grzywacz Portuguese: pombo torcaz Romanian: porumbel gulerat Russian: вя́хирь Russian: витю́тень Scots: cushie-doo Scots: cushat
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