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Carrier pigeon   /kˈæriər pˈɪdʒən/   Listen
Carrier pigeon

noun
1.
A homing pigeon used to carry messages.





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"Carrier pigeon" Quotes from Famous Books



... "A carrier pigeon, you mean!" cried Larry. "Why, how fine you planned it, Tony. Just to think of it, having the news flashed straight home, over miles and miles of swamps. But what if a hawk got your bird, ...
— Chums in Dixie - or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat • St. George Rathborne
... The surviving carrier pigeon was hungry. He fed it, lifted it still banded from its place, cleaned the cage and set it to dry ...
— In Secret • Robert W. Chambers


Words linked to "Carrier pigeon" :   homing pigeon, homer


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