culver

[ kuhl-ver ]
/ ˈkʌl vər /

noun British Dialect.

a dove or pigeon.

Origin of culver

before 900; Middle English; Old English culfer, culfre < Vulgar Latin *columbra, for Latin columbula, equivalent to columb(a) dove + -ula -ule

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British Dictionary definitions for culver

culver
/ (ˈkʌlvə) /

noun

an archaic or poetic name for pigeon 1, dove 1

Word Origin for culver

Old English culfre, from Latin columbula a little dove, from columba dove