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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homer, homing pigeon
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: racer, racing pigeon
Alternative form of carrier pigeon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a homing pigeon used to carry messages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: homing pigeon, homer
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
posduif
— carrier pigeon
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Arabic:
حَمامَةٌ زاجِلة
(ḥamāmatun zājila)
— carrier pigeon
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Arabic:
حَمامٌ زاجِلٌ
(ḥamāmun zājilun)
— carrier pigeon
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Catalan:
colom missatger
— carrier pigeon
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Chinese Mandarin:
信鴿 /信鸽
(xìngē)
— carrier pigeon
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Danish:
brevdue
— carrier pigeon
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Dutch:
postduif
— carrier pigeon
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Esperanto:
leterkolombo
— carrier pigeon
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Finnish:
kirjekyyhky
— carrier pigeon
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French:
pigeon voyageur
— carrier pigeon
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Galician:
pomba mensaxeira
— carrier pigeon
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Georgian:
საფოსტო მტრედი
(saposṭo mṭredi)
— carrier pigeon
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German:
Brieftaube
— carrier pigeon
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Hungarian:
postagalamb
— carrier pigeon
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Italian:
piccione viaggiatore
— carrier pigeon
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Japanese:
伝書鳩
(denshobato)
— carrier pigeon
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Korean:
전서구
(jeonseogu)
— carrier pigeon
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Norwegian:
brevdue
— carrier pigeon
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Polish:
gołąb pocztowy
— carrier pigeon
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Portuguese:
pombo-correio
— carrier pigeon
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Romanian:
porumbel voiajor
— carrier pigeon
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Romanian:
porumbel călător
— carrier pigeon
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Russian:
почто́вый го́лубь
(počtóvyj gólubʹ)
— carrier pigeon
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Serbo-Croatian:
golub pismonoša
— carrier pigeon
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Spanish:
paloma mensajera
— carrier pigeon
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Swedish:
brevduva
— carrier pigeon
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Ukrainian:
свійський голуб
(svijsʹkyj holub)
— carrier pigeon
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Vietnamese:
bồ câu đưa thư
— carrier pigeon