Doocot

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    dovecote Scotland

    "The rock dove has so interbred with the feral pigeons from doocots and racing pigeon lofts that, as a pure species, it may possibly now be extinct in Britain."

Example

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"The rock dove has so interbred with the feral pigeons from doocots and racing pigeon lofts that, as a pure species, it may possibly now be extinct in Britain."

Etymology

From Scots.

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