Ectopistes

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Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek, ultimately from ἐκτοπίζω (ektopízō, “to emigrate”)

Proper noun

Ectopistes m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae – Ectopistes migratorius, the recently extinct passenger pigeon.

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