ectopistes migratorius

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   gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct

   Synonymspassenger pigeon

   Broaderpigeon

   Part ofEctopistes

Questions about ectopistes migratorius

What does ectopistes migratorius mean?

ectopistes migratorius means "gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct".

What is another word for ectopistes migratorius?

Close synonyms include passenger pigeon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ectopistes migratorius a common word?

ectopistes migratorius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.