"rock pigeon" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-rock pigeon.ogg [Australia] Forms: rock pigeons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rock pigeon (plural rock pigeons)
  1. The rock dove, Columba livia. Categories (lifeform): Columbids Synonyms (Often used in the capitalized form): Rock Pigeon
    Sense id: en-rock_pigeon-en-noun-N4pRlogC Disambiguation of Columbids: 60 12 14 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 13 15 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 13 15 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 13 17 17 Disambiguation of 'Often used in the capitalized form': 52 12 18 18
  2. (Africa) The speckled pigeon, Columba guinea, or African rock pigeon. Tags: Africa Translations (speckled pigeon, Columba guinea): Pigeon roussard (english: species) [masculine] (French), pigeon roussard [masculine] (French), Guineataube [feminine] (German), Strichelhalstaube [feminine] (German), paloma de Guinea [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rock_pigeon-en-noun-AmR7rEU6 Categories (other): African English Disambiguation of 'speckled pigeon, Columba guinea': 32 47 11 11
  3. (Australia) The chestnut-quilled rock pigeon, Petrophassa rufipennis. Tags: Australia Translations (chestnut-quilled rock pigeon, Petrophassa rufipennis): roodvleugelkwartelduif [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), Colombine rufipenne (english: species) [feminine] (French), colombine rufipenne [feminine] (French), Rotspiegeltaube [feminine] (German), Rotflügel-Steintaube [feminine] (German), paloma roquera alirrufa [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rock_pigeon-en-noun-yCGThQeB Categories (other): Australian English Disambiguation of 'chestnut-quilled rock pigeon, Petrophassa rufipennis': 17 9 63 12
  4. (Australia) The white-quilled rock pigeon, Petrophassa albipennis. Tags: Australia Translations (white-quilled rock pigeon, Petrophassa albipennis): witvleugelkwartelduif [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), Colombine des rochers (english: species) [feminine] (French), colombine des rochers [feminine] (French), Weißspiegeltaube [feminine] (German), Weissspiegeltaube [Liechtenstein, Switzerland, feminine] (German), Weißflügel-Steintaube [feminine] (German), Weissflügel-Steintaube [Liechtenstein, Switzerland, feminine] (German), paloma roquera aliblanca [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rock_pigeon-en-noun-m-bh1B3u Categories (other): Australian English Disambiguation of 'white-quilled rock pigeon, Petrophassa albipennis': 17 9 12 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rock dove

Inflected forms

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