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rock pigeon
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rock pigeon
n.
See rock dove.
rock pigeon
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for rock dove
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Noun1.rock pigeon - pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descendedrock pigeon - pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended
Columba livia, rock dove
pigeon - wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
genus Columba, Columba - type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons
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The potential role of rock pigeons (Columba livia) in the epidemiology of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Salmonella enterica is unclear.
J Wildl Dis: Prevalence of shiga toxin--producing Escherichia coli ... by Pedersen, K.; Clark, L.; Andelt, W.E.; Salman, M.D. / Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Feral rock pigeons were screened for neutralizing antibodies to West Nile virus (WNV) during late winter/spring and summer of 2002 and 2003.
West Nile virus viremia in wild rock pigeons by Stallknecht, David E. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Humans are to blame for the pigeons dependence upon us because the pigeons ancestors, the rock pigeons, lived as wild birds at the sea coast until they were domesticated by the racing pigeon fraternity.
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