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passenger pigeon
(Encyclopedia) passenger pigeon: see pigeon.pigeon
(Encyclopedia) pigeon, common name for members of the large family Columbidae, land birds, cosmopolitan in temperate and tropical regions, characterized by stout bodies, short necks, small heads, and…dove, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) dove: see pigeon.turtledove
(Encyclopedia) turtledove: see pigeon.Brewer's: Pigeon, Pigeons
Pitt says in Mecca no one will kill the blue pigeons, because they are held sacred. The black pigeons of Dodona. Two black pigeons, we are told, took their flight from Thebes, in Egypt;…Kaministikwia
(Encyclopedia) KaministikwiaKaministikwiakəmĭnˌĭstĭkˈwēə [key], river, c.60 mi (100 km) long, rising in Dog Lake, W Ont., Canada, and flowing S, then E into Lake Superior at Thunder Bay. In fur trade…pigeon English
(Encyclopedia) pigeon English: see pidgin.dodo, extinct bird
(Encyclopedia) dodo, a flightless forest-dwelling bird of Mauritius, extinct since the late 17th cent. The dodo was closely related to the Rodrigues solitaire, extinct flightless giant found on…Brewer's: Pigeon
(To). To cheat, to gull one of his money by almost self-evident hoaxes. Pigeons are very easily gulled, caught by snares, or scared by malkins. One easily gulled is called a pigeon. The…Clay Pigeons
Director:David DobkinWriter:Matt HealyGramercy Pictures; R; 104 minutesRelease:10/98Cast:Joaquin Phoenix, Georgina Cates, Scott Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Janeane Garofalo Janeane Garofalo's…Trending
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