noun
wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon
• Syn: ↑band-tail pigeon, ↑bandtail, ↑Columba fasciata
• Hypernyms: ↑pigeon
• Member Holonyms: ↑Columba, ↑genus Columba
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noun also band-tail pigeon \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷-\; or bandtail \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ : a wild pigeon (Columba fasciata) of western No. America that is often confused with the now extinct passenger pigeon but is distinguished by a rounded tail with a black transverse band
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/band"tayld'/
a wild pigeon, Columba fasciata, of western North America, having a gray band on its tail.
[1815-25, Amer.]
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band-tailed pigeon «BAND TAYLD»,
a wild pigeon of the western United States about the size of a large domestic pigeon, having a black band across the tail.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.