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View definitions for pigeon

pigeon

adjective as in poultry

noun as in dupe

noun as in gudgeon

noun as in lamb

noun as in pawn

noun as in sap

noun as in squealer

noun as in stooge

noun as in target

noun as in victim

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The Hall of Extinction and Hope analogizes manmade climate change and habitat destruction to a slow-moving asteroid that has already obliterated species such as the passenger pigeon, dodo and great auk.

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Animals in War was a poignant account of dogs, horses and pigeons that have served and suffered in various conflicts.

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There is something about a healthy personality that feels repelled by a snoop, a snitch, a stool pigeon, an informer.

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A recent court ban on feeding pigeons in public spaces in the western Indian city of Mumbai has become a major flashpoint between civic bodies, public health activists and bird lovers.

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Prime Minister François Bayrou has put the cat among the pigeons in promising to cut two of France's national holidays in order to rescue the country's finances.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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