pulu — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Dove noun A bird, typically white or grey, closely related to the pigeon and often used as a symbol of peace.
Senses
pulu is used for these senses in English:
- cushat (Geordie, Scottish, or, literary) A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove.
- dove (countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
- feral pigeon A variety of rock pigeon, Columba livia domestica, that has reverted to the wild and adapted itself to living in urban or rural areas.
Dove — full definition
- noun A bird, typically white or grey, closely related to the pigeon and often used as a symbol of peace.
- noun A person who favours peaceful or diplomatic solutions over conflict, especially in politics.
- verb Past tense of "dive," used in American English.