Phrase guide

wood pigeon

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several related species of pigeon in the family Columbidae, particularly the genus Columba:

The common wood pigeon, Columba palumbus, an Old World species of pigeon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: common wood pigeon, culver, cushat, quist, zoozoo

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Any of several related species of pigeon in the family Columbidae, particularly the genus Columba:

A species of pigeon native to New Zealand, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kererū, kūkū, kūkupa, New Zealand pigeon

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 3

Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ringdove, cushat, Columba palumbus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pigeon

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gugash — Columba palumbus
  • Arabic: وَرَشَان (warašān) — Columba palumbus
  • Aragonese: torcaz — Columba palumbus
  • Aragonese: torcazo — Columba palumbus
  • Aramaic: ܘܱܪܫܳܢܳܐ (waršānā) — Columba palumbus
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: וַרְשָׁאנָא (waršānā) — Columba palumbus
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אוּרְשָׁנָא (uršānā) — Columba palumbus
  • Armenian: հավփալ (havpʻal) — Columba palumbus
  • Basque: pagauso — Columba palumbus
  • Belarusian: вяхір (vjaxir) — Columba palumbus
  • Bulgarian: гривяк (grivjak) — Columba palumbus
  • Catalan: tudó — Columba palumbus
  • Chechen: кечал-кхокха (kečal-qoqa) — Columba palumbus
  • Czech: holub hřivnáč — Columba palumbus
  • Danish: ringdue — Columba palumbus
  • Dutch: houtduif — Columba palumbus
  • Finnish: sepelkyyhky — Columba palumbus
  • French: ramier — Columba palumbus
  • French: palombe — Columba palumbus
  • Galician: pombo — Columba palumbus
  • Galician: torcaza — Columba palumbus
  • Georgian: ქედანი (kedani) — Columba palumbus
  • German: Ringeltaube — Columba palumbus
  • German: Holztaube — Columba palumbus
  • Greek: φάσσα (fássa) — Columba palumbus
  • Ancient Greek: φάσσα (phássa) — Columba palumbus
  • Hungarian: örvös galamb — Columba palumbus
  • Italian: colombaccio — Columba palumbus
  • Japanese: 森鳩 (moribato) — Columba palumbus
  • Kazakh: дыркеп (dyrkep) — Columba palumbus
  • Korean: 숲비둘기 (supbidulgi) — Columba palumbus
  • Latin: palumbēs — Columba palumbus
  • Low German: Holtduuv — Columba palumbus
  • Middle English: cowschote — Columba palumbus
  • Norman: pigeon ramyi — Columba palumbus
  • Norman: pigeon sauvage — Columba palumbus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ringdue — Columba palumbus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ringdue — Columba palumbus
  • Occitan: ramièr — Columba palumbus
  • Old English: wuduculfre — Columba palumbus
  • Persian: ماسوچه (mâsuče) — Columba palumbus
  • Polish: grzywacz — Columba palumbus
  • Portuguese: pombo torcaz — Columba palumbus
  • Romanian: porumbel gulerat — Columba palumbus
  • Russian: вя́хирь (vjáxirʹ) — Columba palumbus
  • Russian: витю́тень (vitjútenʹ) — Columba palumbus
  • Scots: cushie-doo — Columba palumbus
  • Scots: cushat — Columba palumbus
  • Scottish Gaelic: calman-coille — Columba palumbus
  • Serbo-Croatian: grivnjaš — Columba palumbus
  • Serbo-Croatian: grivnaš — Columba palumbus
  • Sicilian: palumma — Columba palumbus
  • Sicilian: palummu — Columba palumbus
  • Spanish: paloma torcaz — Columba palumbus
  • Swedish: ringduva — Columba palumbus
  • Tajik: фохта (foxta) — Columba palumbus
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوسقوغوق (kuskuğuk) — Columba palumbus
  • Ottoman Turkish: فاخته (fahite, fahte) — Columba palumbus
  • Volapük: fotapijun — Columba palumbus
  • Welsh: ysguthan — Columba palumbus
  • Woiwurrung: mungguberra — Columba palumbus