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Dragoon :: Dragoon (n.) A variety of pigeon.

Porkwood :: Porkwood (n.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood..

Toothbill :: Toothbill (n.) A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea..

Peristeromorphous :: Peristeromorphous (a.) Like or pertaining to the pigeons or Columbae.

Peristerite :: Peristerite (n.) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck..

Squab :: Squab (n.) A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged..

Owl :: Owl (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.

Turbit :: Turbit (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak..

Columbary :: Columbary (n.) A dovecote; a pigeon house.

Peristeropodous :: Peristeropodous (a.) Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods..

Nun :: Nun (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.

Sea Pigeon :: Sea pigeon () The common guillemot.

Saltcat :: Saltcat (n.) A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons..

Grains :: Grains (n.) Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1..

Bronzewing :: Bronzewing (n.) An Australian pigeon of the genus Phaps, of several species; -- so called from its bronze plumage..

Dove :: Dove (n.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.

Hornbill :: Hornbill (n.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals..

Gemitores :: Gemitores (n. pl.) A division of birds including the true pigeons.

Fantail :: Fantail (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail..

Escritoire :: Escritoire (n.) A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk..

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