A fruit-eating pigeon occurring in the Old World tropics.
果鸠。比较FRUIT DOVE
a relative of the imperial pigeons occurring in New Guinea (genus Ducula, family Columbidae).
a green pigeon occurring in Africa (genus Treron, family Columbidae).
Compare with fruit dove
Example sentencesExamples
Two radiations that come to mind as ideal subjects of comparative studies because they are diverse and include nonfrugivorous sister groups are the fruit pigeons and the New World trogons.
It was not smugglers, but fruit pigeons who scattered the unsoaked seeds on other islands.
The so-called fruit pigeons as a general rule do not breed as prolifically as the seed eating species.
Scores of sleek, black mynas, an assortment of tubby, green fruit pigeons, a few tiny parrots hanging upside-down and a legion of stately red-knobbed hornbills pummel me with discarded bits of cherry red figs.
Our pigeons don't have those pigments in their feathers, however some fruit pigeons and parrots do.
Definition of fruit pigeon in US English:
fruit pigeon
noun
A fruit-eating pigeon occurring in the Old World tropics.
果鸠。比较FRUIT DOVE
a green pigeon occurring in Africa (genus Treron, family Columbidae)
a relative of the imperial pigeons occurring in New Guinea (genus Ducula, family Columbidae)
Example sentencesExamples
Two radiations that come to mind as ideal subjects of comparative studies because they are diverse and include nonfrugivorous sister groups are the fruit pigeons and the New World trogons.
It was not smugglers, but fruit pigeons who scattered the unsoaked seeds on other islands.
Our pigeons don't have those pigments in their feathers, however some fruit pigeons and parrots do.
Scores of sleek, black mynas, an assortment of tubby, green fruit pigeons, a few tiny parrots hanging upside-down and a legion of stately red-knobbed hornbills pummel me with discarded bits of cherry red figs.
The so-called fruit pigeons as a general rule do not breed as prolifically as the seed eating species.