feral pigeon

English

Group of feral pigeons.

Noun

feral pigeon (plural feral pigeons)

1. A variety of rock pigeon, Columba livia domestica, that has reverted to the wild and adapted itself to living in urban or rural areas.

Synonyms

• domestic pigeon

Related terms

• fantail pigeon, fantail
• homing pigeon (homer), racing pigeon (racer)
• trumpeter pigeon (trumpeter)
• tumbler pigeon (tumbler)

Translations

pigeon adapted to city life

• Czech: věžák (cs) m
• Danish: tamdue c
• Dutch: stadsduif (nl) f
• Finnish: kesykyyhky (fi), pulu (fi)
• German: verwilderte Taube f, verwilderte Haustaube f, Stadttaube (de) f, Straßentaube (de) f
• Inari Sami: tuvvááš
• Korean: 집비둘기 (jipbidulgi)
• Lule Sami: duvvo
• Northern Sami: duvvá
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tamdue m or f

  Nynorsk: tamdue f

• Southern Sami: duvvege
• Swedish: tamduva (sv) c