pigeon

[ US /ˈpɪdʒən, ˈpɪdʒɪn/ ]
[ UK /pˈɪd‍ʒən/ ]
NOUN
  1. wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
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How To Use pigeon In A Sentence

  • Other numerous species include the yellowbilled diver Gavia adamsii, whooper swan Cygnus cygnus, lesser whitefronted goose Anser erythropus, slatybacked gull Larus Schistisagus, Kamchatka tern Sterna camtschatica, guillemot Uria aalge, thickbilled guillemot Uria lomvia, pigeon guillemot Cepphus columbs, ancient murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus, horned puffin Fratercula Corniculata and tufted puffin Lunda cirrhata. Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russian Federation
  • In the trees a pair of wood pigeons churred away happily.
  • Nanotechnology is in danger of being pigeonholed as a risky, hazardous and controversial business, a new study has found, because companies in the emerging field are not tackling the very real health and safety issues involved.
  • Traditional rural staples are sweet potatoes, manioc, yams, corn, rice, pigeon peas, cowpeas, bread, and coffee.
  • Environmental health officers hope the cotes will keep pigeons off the streets and discourage them from feeding on waste food and titbits offered by tourists.
  • Stewart's pigeon house almost succumbed under a drift six feet high, and half the pigeons escaped where the weight of sand forced an opening in the galvo.
  • My neighbour lived on the terrace of his building, in a single room surrounded by cotes for his pigeons.
  • Pigeon peas and sorrel are planted so that they bloom at Christmas time.
  • Arkady consumed a pirog he bought at a kiosk while he contemplated Lenin, who studied a pigeon. Stalin's Ghost
  • The largest of Washington's pigeons and doves, it is all gray, with a lighter gray, banded tail.
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