rock dove
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹɒk dʌv/
rock dove (plural rock doves)
- A term used for the pigeon species, Columba livia. Over the years both the terms "rock dove" and "rock pigeon" have been used interchangeably for this species. (See the note on the nomenclature of this species: )
- rock pigeon, Columba livia
- French: pigeon biset, biset, pigeon de roche
- German: Felsentaube
- Italian: piccione selvatico occidentale (Columba livia) (cf. piccione selvatico orientale (Columba rupestris))
- Portuguese: pombo comum, pombo-das-rochas, pombo-doméstico
- Russian: си́зый го́лубь
- Spanish: paloma bravía
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