pigeon milk

noun

1. crop milk.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pigeon milk¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

They are fed by the parents with pigeon milk, which is simply the usual food of the old birds softened in the crop.

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The so-called pigeon milk varies according to the size of squabs and later contains whole grains and water.

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"Pigeon milk" is injected into their open throats by the parent birds, in whose stomachs it has been manufactured.

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They are kept stuffed full of "pigeon milk" and on this they seem to grow while one watches them.

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