wood pigeon

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   Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck

   SynonymsringdovecushatColumba palumbus

   Broaderpigeon

   Part ofColumba

Questions about wood pigeon

What does wood pigeon mean?

wood pigeon means "Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck".

What is another word for wood pigeon?

Close synonyms include ringdove, cushat, Columba palumbus. 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 wood pigeon a common word?

wood pigeon 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.