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Meanings of rock pigeon in English
Portuguese
pombo-comum Pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended.
Synonyms
Examples for "rock dove"
Examples for "rock dove"
1
All the fancy breeds now raised come from the common pigeon, which is descended from the wild rock pigeon or rock dove.
2
Two rock doves awakened by the sound of our approach flew off in terror.
3
Here the favourite is a particularly dynamic pose behind an elegant flock of rock doves.
4
Red chickens strutted through the streets, while white rock doves swirled like snow over the gardens at every manor.
1
A group of 11 bacterial strains was isolated during microbiological investigations of pharyngeal swabs collected from domestic pigeons ( Columba livia f. domestica).
2
Columba livia, the Rock-pigeon.
3
Columba livia or ROCK-PIGEON-
Usage of rock pigeon in English
1
No wild beasts or birds, except the rock pigeon and duck, ever drink except when rain falls.
2
A new species of rock pigeon (Petrophassa, GOULD.)
3
All the fancy breeds now raised come from the common pigeon, which is descended from the wild rock pigeon or rock dove.
4
These big water-birds do not travel as fast as the rock pigeons.
5
Just so, but these are wild or rock pigeons.
6
Walking back through the cold at night, through a startled gust of rock pigeons, Cutter heard a voice.
7
There was a rush of many wings, and a flock of terrified rock pigeons flew from the cave.
8
In half an hour the hunters returned with a few rock pigeons, which they roasted as well as they could.
9
At Point Greta the rock pigeons-theoriginal stock of the domesticated race-wereflying about in large flocks or sunning themselves on the sea cliffs.
10
These survivors were the equivalent of the house sparrows, rock pigeons, and rats that thrive around humans, each either unpalatable or hard to catch.