woodpigeon noun. ['wʊdpɪdʒɪn, -dʒ(ǝ)n] E17.
[from WOOD noun¹ + PIGEON noun¹.]
Orig., any of various kinds of pigeon that may live in woods, as the stock dove, Columba oenas. Now usu. spec. the large Columba palumbus of western Eurasia and NW Africa, which has blue-grey plumage with white crescent markings on the wings (also called ring-dove).

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