biset
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4ADJ.
wild
VERB + BISET
propagate
BISET + NOUN
briss, columba, livia
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
noun
A pair of ordered sets of the same magnitude.
noun
A species of pigeon, Columba livia.
This supposition is doubtless erroneous, as we do not find among them any indications of such an origin, and the ringdove, will not propagate with the biset, even in a state of captivity.
Only four species of the common pigeons are found wild in this last part of the globe; from one of them, the biset or wild rock pigeon, as is supposed, are descended all the various races which we find in a state of domestication.
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3This supposition is doubtless erroneous, as we do not find among them any indications of such an origin, and the ringdove, will not propagate with the biset, even in a state of captivity.
WiktionaryOnly four species of the common pigeons are found wild in this last part of the globe; from one of them, the biset or wild rock pigeon, as is supposed, are descended all the various races which we fin
WiktionaryBuffon, in accordance with his whimsical idea of referring foreign species to those of Europe, considers the present as a variety of the biset (Columba livia, Briss.
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