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feral pigeon

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A variety of rock pigeon, Columba livia domestica, that has reverted to the wild and adapted itself to living in urban or rural areas.

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18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: věžák — pigeon adapted to city life
  • Danish: tamdue — pigeon adapted to city life
  • Dutch: stadsduif — pigeon adapted to city life
  • Finnish: kesykyyhky — pigeon adapted to city life
  • Finnish: pulu — pigeon adapted to city life
  • German: verwilderte Taube — pigeon adapted to city life
  • German: verwilderte Haustaube — pigeon adapted to city life
  • German: Stadttaube — pigeon adapted to city life
  • German: Straßentaube — pigeon adapted to city life
  • Korean: 집비둘기 (jipbidulgi) — pigeon adapted to city life
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tamdue — pigeon adapted to city life
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tamdue — pigeon adapted to city life
  • Polish: gołąb miejski — pigeon adapted to city life
  • Inari-Sami: tuvvááš — pigeon adapted to city life
  • Lule-Sami: duvvo — pigeon adapted to city life
  • Northern Sami: duvvá — pigeon adapted to city life
  • Southern Sami: duvvege — pigeon adapted to city life
  • Swedish: tamduva — pigeon adapted to city life