barb pigeon

The pigeon described under No. 2. it it is probable that in each generation of the barb-pigeon, which produces most rarely a blue and black-barred bird, there has been a tendency in each generation in the plumage to a ume this colour."Darwin: Origin of Species , ch. v., p. 161. bar-ba-căn, s. [BARBICAN.] bar-ba-căn-age, s. [BARBICAN AGE.] Bar-ba-di-an, a. & s. (q.v.).] [From Barb a does 11. As adjective: Pertaining to Barb a does. (The more common term used is Barb a does , in an adjectival sense.) 2. As substantive : A native of Barb a does.