topknot pigeon

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a topknot pigeon

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topknot pigeon (plural topknot pigeons)

  1. A large pigeon, Lopholaimus antarcticus, native to eastern Australia.
  2. (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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