What does pigeon mean?
Definitions for pigeon
ˈpɪdʒ ənpi·geon
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word pigeon.
Princeton's WordNet
pigeonnoun
wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
Wiktionary
pigeonnoun
One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.
pigeonnoun
A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
pigeonverb
to deceive with a confidence game
Etymology: pyjon, from pipionem, accusative singular of pipio, from pipio.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pigeonnoun
A fowl bred in cots or a small house: in some places called dovecote.
Etymology: pigeon, Fr.
This fellow picks up wit as pigeons peas. William Shakespeare.
A turtle, dove and a young pigeon. Gen. xv. 9.
Perceiving that the pigeon had lost a piece of her tail, through the next opening of the rocks rowing with all their might, they passed safe, only the end of their poop was bruised. Walter Raleigh.
Fix’d in the mast, the feather’d weapon stands,
The fearful pigeon flutters in her bands. Dryden.See the cupola of St. Paul’s covered with both sexes, like the outside of a pigeon-house. Joseph Addison, Guardian.
This building was design’d a model,
Or of a pigeon-house or oven,
To bake one loaf, or keep one dove in. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
Pigeon
Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily feed on seeds, fruits, and plants. The family occurs worldwide, but the greatest variety is in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. The family contains 344 species divided into 50 genera. Thirteen of the species are extinct.In English, the smaller species tend to be called "doves" and the larger ones "pigeons". However, the distinction is not consistent, and does not exist in most other languages. Historically, the common names for these birds involve a great deal of variation among the terms. The bird most commonly referred to as just "pigeon" is the domestic pigeon, which is common in many cities as the feral pigeon. Doves and pigeons build relatively flimsy nests, often using sticks and other debris, which may be placed on branches of trees, on ledges, or on the ground, depending on species. They lay one or (usually) two white eggs at a time, and both parents care for the young, which leave the nest after 25–32 days. Unfledged baby doves and pigeons are called squabs and are generally able to fly by 5 weeks of age. These fledglings, with their immature squeaking voices, are called squeakers once they are weaned or weaning. Unlike most birds, both sexes of doves and pigeons produce "crop milk" to feed to their young, secreted by a sloughing of fluid-filled cells from the lining of the crop.
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pigeon
A pigeon is a type of bird, commonly known for its stout body, short neck, and small head. They are found in almost every area of the world and are particularly recognized for their ability to return to their nest, no matter how far they have been transported away, making them historically useful as message carriers. Pigeons often have soft, grayish feathers but can come in different colors, patterns, and sizes, depending on the species. Most species of pigeons have a diet mainly comprised of seeds and fruit.
Webster Dictionary
Pigeonnoun
any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world
Pigeonnoun
an unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull
Pigeonverb
to pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling
Etymology: [F., fr. L. pipio a young pipping or chirping bird, fr. pipire to peep, chirp. Cf. Peep to chirp.]
Wikidata
Pigeon
Pigeon is a village in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,208 at the 2010 census. The village is within Winsor Township.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pigeon
pij′un, n. a well-known bird, the dove: any bird of the dove family.—adjs. Pig′eon-breast′ed, having a physical deformity, due to rickets, in which the chest is flattened from side to side, and the sternum or breast-bone is thrown forward; Pig′eon-heart′ed, timid: fearful.—n. Pig′eon-hole, a hole or niche in which pigeons lodge in a dovecot: a division of a case for papers, &c.—v.t. to put into a pigeon-hole: to lay aside and treat with neglect.—n. Pig′eon-house, a dovecot.—adj. Pig′eon-liv′ered, timid: cowardly.—n. Pig′eonry, a place for keeping pigeons.—adj. Pig′eon-toed, having feet like pigeons, peristeropod: having turned-in toes. [Fr.,—L. pipio, -onis—pipīre, to chirp.]
Editors Contribution
pigeon
A type of bird.
There are over 300 different varieties of pigeon across the world and are a variety of colors.
Submitted by MaryC on October 6, 2015
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PIGEON
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pigeon is ranked #17087 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Pigeon surname appeared 1,661 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Pigeon.
81.7% or 1,357 total occurrences were White.
10.5% or 175 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
3.2% or 54 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.8% or 47 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pigeon in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pigeon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of pigeon in a Sentence
The pigeon was set free yesterday (May 28) after nothing suspicious was found.
Plus-size models are the exact same as the standard model, we are just on grander scale so why pigeon hole us by putting a label on it?!
The idea is you have to now be able to do this with pigeon species. And that’s the big, hard part jumping from chicken species, which many labs in the world do, to other bird species, i’ve been trying for about 10 years to culture germ cells from other bird species. It’s hard.
Pablo Picasso resisted school stubbornly and seemed completely unable to learn to read or write. To other students grew used to seeing him come late with his pet pigeon -- and with the paintbrush he always carried as if it were an extension of his own body.
Debris and vehicles washed downstream in the Middle Prong of the Little Pigeon River from the campground.
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