Definition of "woodpigeon" [woodpigeon]

• An Old World species of pigeon, Columba palumbus. (noun)

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• "She was outdone in stoicism only by Jonathan's friends, who – when they discovered at his barbecue that they were eating roadkill pheasant, woodpigeon and squirrel – said brightly: "Nice balance!" and "Very lean!""
• "Two notes short of a woodpigeon, the monotonous refrain of the collared dove carries an underlying fuzzy vibrato that speaks of the tropics."
• "Um, the woodpigeon! on August 2, 2007 at 10: 12 am | Reply Clouseau"