Found 1 hit - Term: cape pigeon, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cape \cape\ k=ap, n. f. cap, fr. it. capo head, cape, fr.
l. caput heat, end, point. see chief.
a piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast
into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.
1913 webster
cape buffalo zool. a large and powerful buffalo of south
africa bubalus caffer. it is said to be the most
dangerous wild beast of africa. see buffalo, 2.
cape jasmine, cape jessamine. see jasmine.
cape pigeon zool., a petrel daptium capense common
off the cape of good hope. it is about the size of a
pigeon.
cape wine, wine made in south africa eng.
the cape, the cape of good hope, in the general sense of
the southern extremity of africa. also used of cape horn,
and, in new england, of cape cod.
1913 webster
see also:
chief cape buffalo bubalus caffer buffalo cape jasmine cape jessamine
jasmine cape pigeon daptium capense cape wine the cape
Results 1 - 4 of 4 found about cape pigeon: Cape
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Cape, definition of term: Cape
cape_pag1.html Cape Town
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Cape Town, definition of term: Cape Town
cape+town_pag1.html Cape Canaveral
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Cape Canaveral, definition of term: Cape Canaveral
cape+canaveral_pag1.html Cape Coral
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Cape Coral, definition of term: Cape Coral
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