paloma torcaz

Spanish

Noun

paloma torcaz f (plural palomas torcaces)

common wood pigeon
Synonym: torcaz
- 1971, Joan Manuel Serrat (lyrics and music), “Vagabundear”:
  Soy palomo torcaz / Dejádme en paz
  I am a wood pigeon / Leave me alone
- 2015 September 25, “Rapaces tiroteadas en la media veda”, in El País‎:
  La media veda es un periodo, que se abre en verano y tiene casi un mes de duración, en el que se permite la caza de ciertas especies, como la paloma torcaz, la tórtola común y la codorniz.
  The half-closed season is a period which opens in summer and lasts for about a month in which hunting of particular species is permitted, such as the wood pigeon, the common turtledove, and the quail.

Further reading

“paloma torcaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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