rock dove
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Noun (1)
- pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descendedSynonyms: rock pigeonColumba liviaType of pigeonMember of Columba, genus Columba
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Rock dove
Zoology, the rock pigeon; — called also rock doo.
From the entry Rock.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54