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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Zool.)

A European wild pigeon (

Columba palumbus

) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also

wood pigeon

, and

cushat

Noun.

A species of pigeon, the Columba palumbus, the largest of the European species.

See also: ring dove

ringdove ‎(plural ringdoves)