wood pigeon

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noun

Also called ringdove. a European pigeon, Columba palumbus, having a whitish patch on each side of the neck.

band-tailed pigeon.

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Origin of wood pigeon

First recorded in 1660–70

Words nearby wood pigeon

wood nymph, wood opal, wood owl, woodpecker, wood pewee, wood pigeon, woodpile, wood pitch, wood preservative, woodprint, wood pulp

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How to use wood pigeon in a sentence

A worn couch sitting squarely before a wood veneer wall, accented by the head of a deer.
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Upstairs, in the living room, splintered logs of hemlock cackled and spat from inside the wood stove.
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I like all of them, in a way, but I like Scissorhands and Ed Wood.
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But, yeah, Beetlejuice, Scissorhands, and Ed Wood are my favorites.
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Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
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"But I can't stop to argue about it now;" and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in the wood.
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They found a few belated sowars of the 3d Cavalry, who took refuge in a wood, and the artillery opened fire at the trees!
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Walker had painted a picture he called "Spring," a young girl gathering primroses in a wood.
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The hills in sight, however, are very considerably wooded, and wood is apparently the common fuel.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley

British Dictionary definitions for wood pigeon

wood pigeon

noun

a large Eurasian pigeon, Columba palumbus, having white patches on the wings and neckAlso called: ringdove, cushat

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