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Definition of Cape pigeon

Cape pigeon
Cape Cape (k[=a]p), 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. Cape buffalo (Zo["o]l.) 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 jassamine. See Jasmine. Cape pigeon (Zo["o]l.), 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 southern extremity of Africa. Also used of Cape Horn, and, in New England, of Cape Cod.

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- Historically, it was also sometimes known as "Cape pigeon", due to early sailors thinking it resembled a pigeon. All Procellariiformes share certain identifying...
- Benin the pigeon pea is locally known as klouékoun in Fon, otinin in Ede and eklui in Adja. In Cape Verde they are called Fixon Kongu in Cape Verdean creole...
- The Cape-Pigeon Rocks are twin rocky promontories on the western side of Watt Bay, 6 kilometres (3 nmi) south of Garnet Point. They were discovered by...
- The African olive pigeon or Rameron pigeon (Columba arquatrix) is a pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in much of eastern and southern Africa from...
- The speckled pigeon (Columba guinea), also African rock pigeon or Guinea pigeon, is a pigeon that is a resident breeding bird in much of Africa south...
- Dream Island is an island lying 0.7 km (0.43 mi) south-east of Cape Monaco, off the south-west coast of Anvers Island in Wylie Bay, in the Palmer Archipelago...
- Cape Adare Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt forming the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula and the north-easternmost extremity of Victoria...
- Adélie Land Cape Bienvenue Cape Jules Curzon Islands Empereur Island Géologie Archipelago George V Land Cape Denison Cape Hunter Cape-Pigeon Rocks Greater...
- in width, with a maximum length of 37 km (23 mi), between Cape Freeman in the north and Cape Smyth in the south. It is mostly covered by ice and snow throughout...
- Adélie Land Cape Bienvenue Cape Jules Curzon Islands Empereur Island Géologie Archipelago George V Land Cape Denison Cape Hunter Cape-Pigeon Rocks Greater...