carrier pigeon
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carrier pigeon¹
noun carrier pigeons · carrier-pigeon
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A domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination.
At length, after wheeling his toothpick slowly round and round in the air, as if it were a carrier pigeon just thrown up, he suddenly made a dart at the drawing,
Similar: homer, homing pigeon
Carrier Pigeon²
noun Carrier Pigeons
- Alternative form of carrier pigeon
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noun carrier pigeon
| Español | paloma mensajera |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 전서구 jeonseogu |
| 日本語 | 伝書鳩 denshobato |
| 中文 | 信鴿 /信鸽 xìngē |
| Português | pombo-correio |
| Français | pigeon voyageur |
| Deutsch | Brieftaube |
| Italiano | piccione viaggiatore |
| Română | porumbel voiajor, porumbel călător |
| Русский | почто́вый го́лубь počtóvyj gólubʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | bồ câu đưa thư |
| العربية | حَمامَةٌ زاجِلة ḥamāmatun zājila, حَمامٌ زاجِلٌ ḥamāmun zājilun |
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title = {carrier pigeon},
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