pigeon

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pouter, pouter pigeon

one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out

dove

any of numerous small pigeons

Columba livia, rock dove, rock pigeon

pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended

Columba fasciata, band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon, bandtail

wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon

Columba palumbus, cushat, ringdove, wood pigeon

Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck

domestic pigeon

domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food

squab

an unfledged pigeon

Ectopistes migratorius, passenger pigeon

gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct

turtledove

any of several Old World wild doves

Australian turtledove, Stictopelia cuneata, turtledove

small Australian dove

Zenaidura macroura, mourning dove

wild dove of the United States having a mournful call

fairy swallow

fancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet

roller, tumbler, tumbler pigeon

pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground

homer, homing pigeon

pigeon trained to return home

Type of:

columbiform bird

a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes