pigeon
Noun
(en noun )
One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.
(slang) A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
Synonyms
* (bird) columbid (Columbidae), columbiform (Columbiformes), culver, dove
* (person who is a target or victim of a confidence game) dupe, fish, mark, mug, sucker, rube, stiff
Derived terms
* (Afep pigeon) (Columba unicincta )
* African owl pigeon ()
* (African green pigeon) (Treron calvus )
* (African olive pigeon)
* (American pigeon) (Patagioenas )
* Arabian trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* archangel pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* baby pigeon
* (band-tailed pigeon) (Patagioenas fasciata )
* barb pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* Barbary pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (bare-eyed mountain pigeon)
* (bare-eyed pigeon)
* (Beretta silver pigeon)
* (Bismarck imperial pigeon)
* (black imperial pigeon)
* Bokhara trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary
vern”>vern, Bolle’s pigeon) (Columba bollii )
* (Bresse pigeon)
* (flock bronzewing pigeon) (Phaps histrionica”), (flock bronzewing) (”Phaps histrionica )
* (brown pigeon) (Macropygia phasianella )
* carrier pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* carneau pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (Chilean pigeon) (Patagioenas araucana )
* Chinese owl pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* city pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* clay pigeon
* cock pigeon
* color pigeon, colour pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (Comoros green pigeon) ()
* crescent pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (crested pigeon) (Ocyphaps lophotes )
* crop pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* cropper pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* crowned pigeon (Goura )
* (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary
vern”>vern, Delegorgue’s pigeon) (Columba delegorguei )
* domestic pigeon, (Columba livia domestica”), Domestic Pigeon (” )
* dovecot pigeon, dovecote pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* Dresden trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (Eastern bronze-naped pigeon) (Columba delegorguei )
* English trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* English owl pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* fancy pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* fantail pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* female pigeon
* feral pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* field pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* fire pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (flock pigeon) (Phaps histrionica )
* form pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* frillback pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* fruit pigeon, (fruit-pigeon)
* future pigeon
* gimpel pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* green pigeon (Treron )
* helmet pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* hen pigeon
* highflyer pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (hill pigeon) (Columba rupestris )
* homer pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* homing pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* ice pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (imperial pigeon) (Ducula )
* Indian fantail pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* jacobin pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* John Silver (war pigeon)
* king pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* Komorner tumbler pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (Madagascar green pigeon), (Madagascan green pigeon) (Treron australis )
* (Micronesian imperial pigeon) (Ducula oceanica )
* (Micronesian pigeon) (Ducula oceanica )
* Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon
* (Moluccan rufous-bellied fruit pigeon) (Ducula basilica )
* Lahore pigeon (Columba livia domestica”), Lahore pigeon (”Columba livia domestica )
* (laurel pigeon) (Columba junoniae )
* male pigeon
* (New Guinea bronzewing) (Henicophaps albifrons”), New Guinea Bronzewing Pigeon (”Henicophaps albifrons )
* nun pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* Old English carrier pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* oriental frill pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (pale-vented pigeon) (Patagioenas cayennensis )
* passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius )
* peak-crested pigeon
* pheasant pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (pheasant pigeon) (Otidiphaps nobilis )
* (Picazuro pigeon) (Patagioenas picazuro )
* pigeon band
* pigeon banding
* pigeon blue
* pigeon breast
* pigeon-breasted
* pigeon breed
* pigeon breeder
* pigeon breeding
* pigeon bug
* pigeon-chested
* pigeon clock
* pigeon cot
* pigeon cote
* pigeon crop
* pigeon defence
* pigeon defense
* pigeon dirt
* pigeon disease
* pigeon drop
* pigeon droppings
* pigeon egg
* pigeon English (archaic)
* pigeon fancier, pigeon-fancier
* pigeon fancy
* pigeon fancying
* pigeon feather
* pigeon feed
* pigeon feeder
* pigeon feeding
* pigeon flute
* pigeon guillemot
* (pigeon hawk) (Falco columbarius )
* pigeon house
* pigeonhole, pigeon-hole, pigeon hole
* pigeonholing, pigeon-holing
* pigeon hunt
* pigeon hunter
* pigeon hunting
* pigeon journal
* pigeon keeper
* pigeon keeping
* pigeon loft
* pigeon lung
* pigeon magazine
* pigeon milk
* pigeon’s milk
* pigeon pair
* pigeon pie
* pigeon plumage
* pigeon post
* pigeon shoot
* pigeon squab
* pigeon racer
* pigeon racing
* pigeon ring
* pigeon whistle
* pigeon wing
* pigeon young
* (pink pigeon) (), formerly (Nesoenas mayeri )
* plain-headed pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (plain pigeon) (Patagioenas inornata )
* (plumbeous pigeon) (Patagioenas inornata )
* (pouter pigeon), (powter pigeon) (Columba livia )
* put the cat among the pigeons
* racing homer pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* racing pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* ringbeater pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* rock pigeon (Columba livia )
* roller pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* (ruddy pigeon) (Patagioenas subvinacea )
* (rufous-bellied fruit pigeon) (Ducula rufigaster )
* (rufous pigeon) (Patagioenas cayennensis )
* runt pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* Saxon field pigeon (Columba livia domestica )
* scandaroon pigeon (Columba livia domestica”), Scandaroon pigeon (”Columba livia domestica )
* shell-crested pigeon
* silver pigeon
* Silver pigeon
* silvery pigeon
* snow pigeon
* Somali pigeon
* (somber pigeon), (sombre pigeon) (Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa )
* stock pigeon (Columba oenas )
* stool pigeon
* (strasser pigeon) (Columba livia )
* (structure pigeon) (Columba livia )
* (Sumatran green pigeon)
* (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary
vern”>vern, Temminck’s fruit pigeon) (Ptilinopus porphyreus )
* (Thuringian field pigeon) (Columba livia )
* topknot pigeon
* (Torres Strait pigeon) (Ducula bicolor )
* (Trocaz pigeon)
* trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia )
* (tumbler pigeon) (Columba livia )
* (turbit pigeon) (Columba livia )
* (turbiteen pigeon) (Columba livia )
* (Victoria crowned pigeon), (Goura victoria )
* war pigeon
* (wattle pigeon), (wattled pigeon) (Columba livia )
* white-collared pigeon
* (white-crowned pigeon) (Patagioenas leucocephala )
* wild pigeon
* (wild pigeon) (Ectopistes migratorius )
* (Wompoo pigeon) (Ptilinopus magnificus )
* (Wonga pigeon) (Leucosarcia melanoleuca )
* woodpigeon, wood-pigeon, wood pigeon (Columba palumbus” or Homiphaga Novaeseelandiae )
* young pigeon
See also
* piper
* squab
* squeaker
Verb
(en verb )
to deceive with a confidence game
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pigeonless
English
Adjective
(–)
Without pigeons.
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