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DOMESTIC PIGEON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("domestic pigeon" is a kind of...):

pigeon (wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs)

Meronyms (parts of "domestic pigeon"):

dove; squab (flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "domestic pigeon"):

fairy swallow (fancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet)

roller; tumbler; tumbler pigeon (pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground)

homer; homing pigeon (pigeon trained to return home)

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