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Scandaroon
/ ˌskændəˈruːn /
noun
- a large variety of fancy pigeon having a long thin body and an elongated neck and head
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Scandaroon1
from Scandaroon the former name of Ishenderon a seaport in Turkey
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Example Sentences
In pigeons, that variation is recapitulated between the miniscule beak of the African Owl pigeon and the downward-curving schnoz of the Scandaroon pigeon.
From Scientific American
In my next I shall take up my proceedings from Rhodes, going into Cyprus, Scandaroon, Beirut, Tyre, Sidon, St. Jean D'Arc, Deir-il-Kamr in the Mountains of Lebanon, Lady Hester Stanhope with whom I stayed one week, Alexandria, Cairo, &c. and back to Malta after a cruize of eight Months.
From Project Gutenberg
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