περιστερά
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A common pigeon or dove, Hdt.1.138, S.Fr.866, Democr.164, etc.; specifically, Columba livia domestica, and so distd. from φάψ, φάττα, οἰνάς, τρυγών, Arist.HA562b5, 593a16 ; ἐλάττων μὲν ἡ πελειάς, τιθασὸν δὲ γίνεται μᾶλλον ἡ π. ib.544b3 : περιστερός, ὁ, cock-pigeon, Pherecr.33 (of a carrier-pigeon), Alex.214 ; censured by Luc.Sol.7.
German (Pape)
[Seite 594] ἡ, die Taube (das Männchen περιστερός); Ar. Lys. 755; Her. 1, 138; Plat. Theaet. 198 d u. Sp.
