pigeon

UK, US /ˈpɪ.dʒɪn/ · NZ /ˈpə.dʒən/

Etymology Inherited from Middle English pygeoun, borrowed from Old French pyjon, inherited from Late Latin pīpiōnem (“chirping bird”), derived from Latin pīpiāre (“to chirp”), of imitative origin. Partly displaced native English dove.

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259 terms

antipigeon, blue pigeon flyer, Bresse pigeon, carrier-pigeon, clay pigeon, cock pigeon, cut the pigeon wing, domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica or, fly the blue pigeon, future pigeon, Green Pigeon, hen pigeon, jealous as a Barbary pigeon, messenger pigeon, moon pigeon, owl pigeon, peak-crested pigeon, pib, pibbin, pidge, pigeonable, pigeon band, pigeon banding, pigeon bean, pigeonberry, pigeon-blood, pigeon blue, pigeon breast, pigeon-breasted, pigeon breed, pigeon breeder, pigeon breeding, pigeon bug, pigeon-chested, pigeon chest, pigeon clock, pigeon coop, pigeon cot, pigeon cote, pigeon crop, pigeon defence, pigeon defense, pigeon dirt, pigeon disease, pigeondom, pigeon drop, pigeon dropper, pigeon dropping, pigeon droppings, pigeoneer, pigeon English, pigeoner, pigeon fancier, pigeon-fancier, pigeon fancy, pigeon fancying, pigeon feather, pigeon flute, pigeon fly, pigeonfoot, pigeongram, pigeongrass, pigeonhawk, pigeon-hearted, pigeonhole, pigeon-hole, pigeon hole, pigeonholing, pigeon-holing, pigeonhouse, pigeon house, pigeon journal, pigeon keeper, pigeon keeping, pigeonless, pigeonlike, pigeon-livered, pigeon loft, pigeon louse fly, pigeon lung, pigeon magazine, pigeon milk, pigeon pair, pigeon pea, pigeon pie, pigeon-pie, pigeonplum, pigeon plumage, pigeon pose, pigeon post, pigeon racer, pigeon racing, pigeon ring, pigeonry, pigeon shoot, pigeon's milk, pigeon squab, pigeon toe, pigeon-toed, pigeon tremex, pigeonweed, pigeon whistle, pigeon wing, pigeonwing, pigeonwood, pigeony, pigeon young, pijon, pink-necked green pigeon, put the cat among the pigeons, stool pigeon, street pigeon, topknot pigeon, utility pigeon, White Pigeon, Afep pigeon, African green pigeon, African olive pigeon, American pigeon, Australian pied imperial pigeon, band-tailed pigeon(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.), bare-eyed mountain pigeon, bare-eyed pigeon, Bismarck imperial pigeon, black imperial pigeon, blue pigeon, Bolle's pigeon, bronzewing pigeon, brown pigeon, Chatham Island pigeon, Chilean pigeon, common wood pigeon, Comoros green pigeon, crested pigeon, crowned pigeon, Delegorgue's pigeon, eastern bronze-naped pigeon, flock bronzewing pigeon, flock bronzewing, flock pigeon, fruit pigeon, fruit-pigeon, green pigeon, ha-ha pigeon, hill pigeon, imperial pigeon, kelp pigeon, laurel pigeon, Madagascar green pigeon, Madagascan green pigeon, Madeiran wood pigeon †Columba palumbus maderensis, Micronesian imperial pigeon, Micronesian pigeon, Moluccan rufous-bellied fruit pigeon, New Guinea bronzewing, New Guinea bronzewing pigeon, New Zealand pigeon, Nicobar pigeon, nutmeg pigeon, pale-vented pigeon, passenger pigeon, pheasant pigeon, Picazuro pigeon, pigeon guillemot, pigeon hawk, pink pigeon, plain pigeon, plumbeous pigeon, rock pigeon, ruddy pigeon, rufous-bellied fruit pigeon, rufous pigeon, sea pigeon, silvery pigeon, snow pigeon, Somali pigeon, somber pigeon, sombre pigeon, spinifex pigeon, stock pigeon, structure pigeon, Sumatran green pigeon, Temminck's fruit pigeon, thick-billed green pigeon, tooth-billed pigeon, Torresian imperial pigeon, Torres Strait pigeon, Trocaz pigeon, Victoria crowned pigeon, white-collared pigeon, white-crowned pigeon, white nutmeg pigeon, wild pigeon, Wompoo pigeon, wonga pigeon, woodpigeon, wood-pigeon, wood pigeon, African owl pigeon, Arabian trumpeter pigeon, archangel pigeon, barb pigeon, Barbary pigeon, Bokhara trumpeter pigeon, carneau pigeon, carrier pigeon, Chinese owl pigeon, city pigeon, color pigeon, colour pigeon, crescent pigeon, crop pigeon, cropper pigeon, dovecot pigeon, dovecote pigeon, Dresden trumpeter pigeon, English owl pigeon, English trumpeter pigeon, fancy pigeon, fantail pigeon, feral pigeon, field pigeon, fire pigeon, form pigeon, frillback pigeon, gimpel pigeon, helmet pigeon, highflyer pigeon, homer pigeon, homing pigeon, ice pigeon, Indian fantail pigeon, Jacobin pigeon, king pigeon, Komorner tumbler pigeon, Lahore pigeon, nun pigeon, Old English carrier pigeon, oriental frill pigeon, plain-headed pigeon, pouter pigeon, powter pigeon, racing homer pigeon, racing pigeon, ringbeater pigeon, roller pigeon, runt pigeon, Saxon field pigeon, scandaroon pigeon, Scandaroon pigeon, shell-crested pigeon, strasser pigeon, Thuringian field pigeon, trumpeter pigeon, tumbler pigeon, turbiteen pigeon, turbit pigeon, wattle pigeon, wattled pigeon