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culver

[ kuhl-ver ]
/ ˈkʌl vər /

noun British Dialect.

a dove or pigeon.

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Origin of culver

before 900; Middle English; Old English culfer, culfre<Vulgar Latin *columbra, for Latin columbula, equivalent to columb(a) dove + -ula-ule

Words nearby culver

culturist, culturology, culturomics, cultus, cultus coolee, culver, Culver City, culver hole, culverin, Culver's root, culvert
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British Dictionary definitions for culver

culver
/ (ˈkʌlvə) /

noun

an archaic or poetic name for pigeon 1, dove 1

Word Origin for culver

Old English culfre, from Latin columbula a little dove, from columba dove
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