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HOMING PIGEON

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• HOMING PIGEON (noun)
The noun HOMING PIGEON has 1 sense:

1. pigeon trained to return home

Familiarity information: HOMING PIGEON used as a noun is very rare.

• HOMING PIGEON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Pigeon trained to return home

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

homing pigeon; homer

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

domestic pigeon (domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food)

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

carrier pigeon (a homing pigeon used to carry messages)

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