biset
See also: Biset
English
Etymology 1
bi- + set
Noun
biset (plural bisets)
- (mathematics) A pair of ordered sets of the same magnitude.
Etymology 2
French biset.
Noun
biset (uncountable)
- A species of pigeon, Columba livia.
- 1829, Georges Cuvier & Edward Griffith, The animal kingdom - Volume 8, page 276:
- This supposition is doubtless erroneous, as we do not find among them any indications of such an origin, and the ringdove, will not propagate with the biset, even in a state of captivity.
- 1859, History of the Earth and Animated Nature:
- Only four species of the common pigeons are found wild in this last part of the globe; from one of them, the biset or wild rock pigeon, as is supposed, are descended all the various races which we find in a state of domestication.
- 1876, Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, & William Jardine, American Ornithology:
- Buffon, in accordance with his whimsical idea of referring foreign species to those of Europe, considers the present as a variety of the biset (Columba livia, Briss.
- 1877, Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Kettner's Book of the Table, page 70:
- The bisque was a soup of the biset — with the biset added to it in the tureen together with a ragout or relish.
- 1913, Daily Consular and Trade Reports - Part 1, Issues 1-74, page 582:
- Four varietles of pigeon still exist in a wild state in France—the biset, the wood pigeon, the rock pigeon, and the turtledove. The biset variety is the foundation of all domesticated varieties in France.
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Anagrams
- Betsi, Steib, besit, bites, ebits
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
biset m (plural bisets)
- rock pigeon (Columba livia)
- Synonym: pigeon biset
Further reading
- “biset”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.