>This thing of considering pigeons 'rats with wings' does not exist in Mediterranean countries. People think that any major plaza should have pigeons. 'Rats with wings' seems to be an British or Angloamerican thing.
Thinking on this, in hebrew there is no distinction for pigeon and dove, i think in spanish also there is none.
> Thinking on this, in hebrew there is no distinction for pigeon and dove, i think in spanish also there is none.
Nor is there in science, as both refer to the 300-plus species of birds in the Columbidae family. "Dove" entered English through Nordic languages, "pigeon" entered English from French. Only colloquial English tends to categorize them by size.
Thinking on this, in hebrew there is no distinction for pigeon and dove, i think in spanish also there is none.