单词 | lace pigeon |
释义 | > as lemmaslace pigeon lace pigeon n. now rare a breed of fancy pigeon, typically white in colour, having the barbs of the feathers separate from one another (as in the silky fowl). ΚΠ 1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 143 The Lace Pigeon... They are valued on account of..the peculiarity of their feathers; the fibres, or web of which, appear disunited from each other throughout their whole plumage. 1887 National Poultry Monitor Sept. 270/2 It [sc. the Lace Fantail] was probably produced from the Fantail and Lace pigeon. 2004 Florida Times-Union (Nexis) 17 Mar. s1 Lovely white lace pigeon eggs. < as lemmas |
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