Cape-pigeon
noun
a species of seagoing petrel, Daption capensis, with characteristic white wing patches: a common winter visitor off the coasts of southern Africa: family Diomedeidae Also called pintado petrel
Historical Examples
A Boy’s Voyage Round the World The Son of Samuel Smiles
Cruise of the ‘Alert’ R. W. Coppinger
South America Observations and Impressions James Bryce
The Home of the Blizzard Douglas Mawson
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