band-tailed pigeon
(band-tailed pigeon, band-tail pigeon, bandtail, Columba fasciata)
Princeton's WordNet
wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon
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bandtail
(band-tailed pigeon, band-tail pigeon, bandtail, Columba fasciata)
Princeton's WordNet
wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon
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band-tail pigeon
(band-tailed pigeon, band-tail pigeon, bandtail, Columba fasciata)
Princeton's WordNet
wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon
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columba fasciata
(band-tailed pigeon, band-tail pigeon, bandtail, Columba fasciata)
Princeton's WordNet
wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon
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ringdove
Webster Dictionary
a European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat
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stockdove
Webster Dictionary
a common European wild pigeon (Columba aenas), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, of trees
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toothbill
Webster Dictionary
a peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea
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sassorolla
Webster Dictionary
the rock pigeon. See under Pigeon
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goura
Webster Dictionary
one of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species
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carrier pigeon
(ˈkær i ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a homing pigeon.
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stool pigeon
(stul)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a pigeon used as a decoy.
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stooge
(ʒ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a stool pigeon.
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stool
(stul)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Slang. to act as a stool pigeon.
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nark
(ɑrk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Brit. Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
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homing pigeon
(ˈhɒm ə li)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a pigeon trained to carry messages and return home.
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squab
(ɒb)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a nestling pigeon, marketed when fully grown but still unfledged.
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wood pigeon
(ˈwʊdˌpɛk ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a Eurasian pigeon, Columba palumbus, having a whitish patch on each side of the neck.
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fantail
(ˈfænˌteɪl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a bird having a broad, upward-slanting tail, as one of a breed of domestic pigeon.
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dodo
(ˈdoʊ doʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a large, extinct, flightless bird, Raphus cucullatus, of the pigeon family, formerly inhabiting Mauritius.
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squab
(squab)
Princeton's WordNet
an unfledged pigeon
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rock dove
(æs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a Eurasian pigeon, Columba livia, from which most domestic pigeons have been developed: feral populations now established throughout the world.
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stool pigeon
(stool pigeon)
Princeton's WordNet
a dummy pigeon used to decoy others
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coo
(coo)
Princeton's WordNet
the sound made by a pigeon
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passenger pigeon
(ˈpæs ən dʒər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a North American pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius, that once nested in great numbers in hardwood forests: extinct since 1914.
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homing pigeon
(homing pigeon, homer)
Princeton's WordNet
pigeon trained to return home
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homer
(homing pigeon, homer)
Princeton's WordNet
pigeon trained to return home
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carrier pigeon
(carrier pigeon)
Princeton's WordNet
a homing pigeon used to carry messages
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domestic pigeon
(domestic pigeon)
Princeton's WordNet
domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food
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cushat
(wood pigeon, ringdove, cushat, Columba palumbus)
Princeton's WordNet
Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck
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tumbler pigeon
(roller, tumbler, tumbler pigeon)
Princeton's WordNet
pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
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