rock dove in English
noun
1
a mainly gray Old World pigeon that frequents coastal and inland cliffs. It is the ancestor of domestic and feral pigeons.
Along with the raven and the eagle, the rock dove is ‘part of a great trinity of bird symbols for Western civilisation’.
noun
rock pigeon
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1. The rock dove was first described by Gmelin in 1789.
2. The wild Rock Dove is the ancestor of the Domestic Pigeon, with its varied plumages.
3. The wild Rock Dove is the ancestor of the Domestic Pigeon, with its varied plumages. Sentencedict.com
4. The Cushat and the rock-dove migrate, and never winter in our country, as is the case also with the turtle-dove; the common pigeon, however, stays behind