Meaning

1 senses

  1. A bird of the extinct species †Ectopistes migratorius, formerly endemic to North America.

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    странствующий го́лубьstranstvujuščij gólubʹ

    мандрівний голубmandrivnyj holub

More definitions
  • gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Passenger pigeons once numbered in the billions.

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  2. Passenger pigeons became extinct at the start of the 20th century.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
an extinct bird of the species Ectopistes migratorius:
Русский
By meaning 1
an extinct bird of the species Ectopistes migratorius:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an extinct bird of the species Ectopistes migratorius:

Forms

plural: passenger pigeons

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct:Ectopistes migratorius

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
passagewaypassantpassengerA2passerpassing

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