nutmeg pigeon

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of Torresian imperial pigeon.
    — It is the same species which in the island of Banda is called the nutmeg-pigeon, from its habit of devouring the fruits, the seed or nutmeg being thrown up entire and uninjured.

词形变化

nutmeg pigeons plural

词源

So called from its feeding upon the fruit of the nutmeg tree.
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