topknot pigeon
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[edit]topknot pigeon (plural topknot pigeons)
- A large pigeon, Lopholaimus antarcticus, native to eastern Australia.
- (colloquial) A medium-sized pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes, of Australia, having a pointed crest.
- 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 52:
- A top-knot pigeon (Crested Pigeon), safe in its tangle of mimosa, breathes its little call of warning: `F'uff!'
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[edit]topknot pigeon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Lopholaimus antarcticus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Lopholaimus antarcticus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons