| 单词 | modena pigeon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasModena pigeon 3. More fully Modena pigeon. A variety of pigeon distinguished by a stocky build and red legs. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] > deep purple royal purple1605 imperial purple1750 Parma violet1822 Modena1879 prelate purple1881 pontiff purple1900 violette de Parme1904 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types porcelainc1530 turn-pate1611 light horseman1661 runt1661 smiter1668 helmet1676 mammet1678 Cortbeck1688 turbit1688 turner1688 dragoon1725 finicking1725 Leghorn1725 nun1725 owl1725 petit1725 trumpeter1725 horseman1735 Mahomet1735 barbel1736 turn-tail1736 frill-back1765 blue rock1825 beard1826 ice pigeon1829 toy1831 black1839 skinnum1839 splash1851 whole-feather1851 spangle1854 swallow1854 shield1855 stork pigeon1855 Swabian1855 yellow1855 archangel1867 dragon1867 starling1867 magpie1868 smerle1869 bluette1870 cumulet1876 oriental1876 spot fairy1876 turbiteen1876 blondinette1879 hyacinth1879 Modena pigeon1879 silver-dun1879 silverette1879 silver-mealy1879 swift pigeon1879 Victoria1879 visor1879 ice1881 swallow pigeon1881 velvet fairy1881 priesta1889 frill1890 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 137 At Modena..pigeons are taught to carry letters to a place appointed, and bring back answers.] 1879 L. Wright Pract. Pigeon Keeper xix. 220 (heading) Modena flying pigeons. 1897 Daily News 6 Jan. 3/3 The show presents..barbs, Antwerps, homers, Modenas, magpies, Archangels, orientals, and other varieties of the columbarian family. 1936 W. A. Dalley in Pigeons of Today 105 When once here the Modena..became an exhibition or fancy pigeon pure and simple. 1969 H. H. Shrives Fancy Pigeons 81 Modena pigeons are divided into Gazzi or Pied, Schietti or Self-coloured, and Magnani or Harlequin. 1984 D. F. Ison Fancy Pigeon Standards (ed. 2) 109 The Modena has undergone considerable changes in structure. Today it is an exhibition breed, very different to its predecessors. < as lemmas |
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