wood-pigeon
See also: woodpigeon and wood pigeon
English
Noun
wood-pigeon (plural wood-pigeons)
- Alternative form of wood pigeon
- 1671, John Gregory, Gregorii Opuscula : or, Notes & Observations upon some Passages of Scripture, with other learned Tracts, page 236:
- If Sémiramis be a Wood-pigeon in Greece, it may, perchance have been an House-pigeon in the Countrey of Ajhur.
- 1955, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Scotland), Scottish Agriculture, Volumes 35-36, page 209:
- ONE of the most interesting and controversial problems connected with the wood-pigeon is the huge winter flocks which many believe are reinforced by migrants or 'foreigners' from abroad.
- 2001, Michael R. Conover, Resolving Human-Wildlife Conflicts, page 155:
- For a decade, up to 60% of the wood-pigeon population were removed each winter.
- 1671, John Gregory, Gregorii Opuscula : or, Notes & Observations upon some Passages of Scripture, with other learned Tracts, page 236:
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