rock pigeon
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Noun (1)
- pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descendedSynonyms: rock doveColumba liviaType of pigeonMember of Columba, genus Columba
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Rock pigeon
Zoology, the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.
From the entry Rock.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54