any of several pigeons of the genus Ducula, found in South-East Asia and Australia, which feed on nutmegs and other fruits; esp. a pied imperial…

Any of various chiefly tropical pigeons having bluish plumage; (now) esp. pigeons of the genus Alectroenas, found on islands in the western Indian…

a small, long-tailed dove, Oena capensis, occurring in Africa south of Sudan.

a Jamaican quail-dove, Geotrygon versicolor, which has predominantly purplish-brown and grey plumage and inhabits montane forests.

†(a) Caribbean = partridge dove n. (obsolete); (b) either of two Australian bronzewing pigeons, Geophaps smithii and (now spec.) G. scripta.

any of numerous very large fruit-eating pigeons constituting the genusDucula, of Asia, New Guinea, and the Pacific islands.

Short for toy pigeon at compounds 1a(a).

In form Porcelain. A variety of domestic pigeon having dark brown and cream plumage.

The tooth-billed pigeon.

a general name given to the pigeons of the genera Carpophaga and Treron.

a Fijian dove, Ptilinopus victor, of which the male is bright orange with a greenish head and the female dark green.

an African species of pigeon, so called from the resonance of its note.

an Australian crested fruit-pigeon, Lopholaimus antarcticus.

(see quots.).

(Frequently with unmarked plural.) Caribbean. = partridge dove n. at compounds 2.