rock pigeon

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Alternative forms

• Often used in the capitalized form: Rock Pigeon

Noun

rock pigeon (plural rock pigeons)

1. 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. A term used in Australia to refer to the native bronzewing pigeons, or bronzewings.

Synonyms

• rock dove, Columba livia

Translations

Columba livia

• Catalan: colom roquer (ca) m
• Chechen: кхокха
• Esperanto: rokkolombo (eo), livio (eo)
• Finnish: kalliokyyhky (fi)
• French: pigeon biset (fr) m, biset (fr) m
• German: Felsentaube (de) f

• Navajo: hasbídí
• Russian: сизый голубь (ru) (sízyj gólub') m
• Volapük: (♂♀) klifapijun (vo), (♂) klifahipijun (vo), (♀) klifajipijun (vo), (♂♀ offspring, young) klifapijunül (vo), (♂ offspring) klifahipijunül (vo), (♀ offspring) klifajipijunül (vo)

bronzewing

• Finnish: pronssikyyhky (fi) (genus Henicophaps), pensaskyyhky (fi) (genus Phaps)

Anagrams

• precooking