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Pigeon-breasted :: Pigeon-breasted (a.) Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted..

Sea Pigeon :: Sea pigeon () The common guillemot.

Barbary :: Barbary (n.) The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon..

Fan-tailed :: Fan-tailed (a.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck..

Turner :: Turner (n.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.

Owl :: Owl (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.

Dodo :: Dodo (n.) A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons..

Toothbill :: Toothbill (n.) A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea..

Peristeropodous :: Peristeropodous (a.) Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods..

Dove :: Dove (n.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.

Grainer :: Grainer (n.) An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.

Pigeontoed :: Pigeontoed (a.) Having the toes turned in.

Zoozoo :: Zoozoo (n.) The wood pigeon.

Pigeon :: Pigeon (n.) Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world..

Peristeromorphous :: Peristeromorphous (a.) Like or pertaining to the pigeons or Columbae.

Pterocletes :: Pterocletes (n. pl.) A division of birds including the sand grouse. They are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and true grouse. Called also Pteroclomorphae.

Dragoon :: Dragoon (n.) A variety of pigeon.

Turbit :: Turbit (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak..

Finnikin :: Finnikin (n.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse..

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