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Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A variety of carrier pigeon.

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

Stool :: Stool (n.) A stool pigeon, or decoy bird..

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.

Turtledove :: Turtledove (n.) Any one of several species of pigeons more or less resembling the true turtledoves, as the American mourning dove (see under Dove), and the Australian turtledove (Stictopelia cuneata)..

Poke :: Poke (n.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine..

Cot :: Cot (n.) A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote..

Dovecote :: Dovecote (n.) A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house..

Spot :: Spot (n.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak..

Runt :: Runt (a.) A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier..

Capuchin :: Capuchin (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.

Homer :: Homer (n.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

Barb :: Barb (n.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary..

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

Angola Pea :: Angola pea () A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea..

Pigeon-livered :: Pigeon-livered (a.) Pigeon-hearted.

Pigeonhole :: Pigeonhole (n.) A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote..

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

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.

Stew :: Stew (v. t.) A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons..

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