ROCK DOVE


Meaning of ROCK DOVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1655

: a bluish-gray dove ( Columba livia ) that is indigenous to Eurasia but has been widely established elsewhere including most of North America and that is the ancestor of many domesticated pigeons and of the feral pigeons found in cities and towns throughout most of the world — called also rock pigeon

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