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Similarly, it insisted to me that a pigeon is the same thing as a mourning dove. Not true! But your case is even more egregious.
by pdabbadabba 8mo ago
Similarly, it insisted to me that a pigeon is the same thing as a mourning dove. Not true! But your case is even more egregious.
- meatmanek 8mo ago"pigeon" and "dove" are both words for the same family of birds. The bird most people think of with the word "pigeon" is the rock dove (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_dove https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_dove) or domesticated / feral variants of it.
- skylurk 8mo agoYep, but importantly "pigeon" and "dove" are not exactly interchangeable words, there is just no consensus for which is which. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbidae
- gilleain 8mo agoToads and frogs are another pair like this, where there is no clear distinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog
- pdabbadabba 8mo agoTrue. But I did not ask about "pigeon" and "dove." I asked it about "pigeon" and "mourning dove" which are unambiguously different species. Different genuses, even. Zenaida macroura v. Columba livia.
- oneeyedpigeon 8mo agoHoming pigeon has a nice response :)