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carrier pigeon
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. A domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination. n. A domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Homing \Hom"ing\ (h[=o]m"[i^]ng), p. a. Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons. Homing pigeon , any pigeon trained to return home from a distance. Also called carrier pigeon . Most are bred from the domestic pigeon Columba livia . Homing ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a homing pigeon used to carry messages
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The first correct entry to be drawn at random will be notified by phone and the Guitarist carrier pigeon will do the rest.
Usage examples of carrier pigeon.
They might think he was simply a glorified carrier pigeon, but Yuri knew better.
The boys told them of the unhanded carrier pigeon brought down by the hawk.
It was only one pigeon among many, and there was nothing to indicate to any onlooker that it was a carrier pigeon, which had come up from the hollow trunk of the old tree from a cote concealed in the base.
It does look like a carrier pigeon, said Angua, putting down the book.
A Carrier Pigeon helicopter settled onto the pad as a small team of men waited to board.
The English carrier pigeon has a wide mouth, large nostrils, elongated eyelids, a long beak.
More than that would have been undue credit to the outlander, whose deception by carrier pigeon had caused the sorcerer to cancel standby plans to take Cynosure and Blazetongue.