squab vs wood pigeon

squab

• A baby pigeon, dove, or chicken. 

• A baby rook. 

• The meat of such a baby bird used as food. 

• A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa. 

• A person of a short, fat figure. 

• Unfledged; unfeathered. 

• Curt; abrupt. 

• Fat; thick; plump; bulky. 

• Shy; coy. 

• Clumsy. 

• To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc. 

• To furnish with squabs, or cushions. 

• With a heavy fall; plump. 

wood pigeon

• The common wood pigeon, an Old World species of pigeon, Columba palumbus. 

• A very large (up to 650 grams) species of pigeon native to New Zealand, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. 

• Any of several related species of pigeon in the genus Columba.