woodien.
/ˈwʊdi/ colloquial abbreviation of wood pigeon n.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > columba palumbus (wood-pigeon)
cushata700
culverc825
wood-culvera1100
wood-dovec1386
queest?1440
ringed dove?1533
ring-dove1538
wood-quest1543
wood pigeon1668
ring pigeon1776
woodie1947
1947 Contemp. Rev. June 368 Their habits were not so regular as the woodies.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 23 Feb. 57/3 These birds eat wood pigeons' eggs... Some keen observers estimate that something like 80 per cent of the ‘woodies'’ eggs that are laid are so destroyed.
1972 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 4 Mar. 17/3 There shouldn't be many woodies remaining in the area.
1980 G. Hammond Reward Game ix. 129 Do you want sixty-odd woodies for the freezer?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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