"wood-pigeon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wood-pigeons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wood-pigeon (plural wood-pigeons)
  1. Alternative form of wood pigeon Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wood pigeon Categories (lifeform): Columbids
    Sense id: en-wood-pigeon-en-noun-jl4w0rmH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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