BANDTAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bandtail mean? 

• BANDTAIL (noun)
  The noun BANDTAIL has 1 sense:

1. wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon

  Familiarity information: BANDTAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANDTAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

band-tail pigeon; band-tailed pigeon; bandtail; Columba fasciata

Hypernyms ("bandtail" is a kind of...):

pigeon (wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs)

Holonyms ("bandtail" is a member of...):

Columba; genus Columba (type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons)