pigeon

[US]/ˈpɪdʒɪn/
[UK]/ˈpɪdʒɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a bird with a stout body, short legs, and smooth feathers, typically found in urban areas.

Phrases & Collocations

flock of pigeons

carrier pigeon

pigeon coop

pigeon racing

white pigeon

pigeon droppings

pigeon pair

homing pigeon

pigeon feed

young pigeon

Example Sentences

Pigeons are sedentary birds.

we won't pigeon-hole you as a scientist.

Instinct led the pigeons back to the roost.

visitors can partake in golfing or clay pigeon shooting.

Pigeons preened their wings and cooed.

The pigeon homed from a distance of 100 miles.

The boy frightened away the pigeons from the roof.

Keeping carrier pigeons is his hobby.

A pigeon strutted along the roof, cooing rhythmically.

she pigeon-holed her worry about him.

Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.

the usual motley crowd of tourists, hawkers and pigeons

Pigeons navigate less accurately when the earth’s magnetic field is disturbed.

But they also thanked a short-legged pouter pigeon of a man named Erich Raeder.

ANTHONY : Hey, doofus, what're you looking for? Fellow pigeons?

After all,young pigeons called scrab(squab) has(have) been raised for centuries for food.Tony *(Barwick) is president of *(the Palmetto Pigeon Plant) pegeon * in South *(Carolina).

I must search in the drowsy shade of the bakula grove, where pigeons coo in their corner, and fairies' anklets tinkle in the stillness of starry nights.

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