What does wood-pigeon mean?

wood-pigeon

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Frequency: 3.58 in modern English

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"If Sémiramis be a Wood-pigeon in Greece, it may, perchance have been an House-pigeon in the Countrey of Ajhur."
"ONE of the most interesting and controversial problems connected with the wood-pigeon is the huge winter flocks which many believe are reinforced by migrants or 'foreigners' from abroad."
"For a decade, up to 60% of the wood-pigeon population were removed each winter."

wood-pigeons (plural)

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