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

Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight..

Hawk :: Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk..

Nun :: Nun (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.

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

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

Pigeonhole :: Pigeonhole (v. t.) To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report..

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..

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.

Squab :: Squab (a.) Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon..

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

Sea Turtle :: Sea turtle () The sea pigeon, or guillemot..

Saltcat :: Saltcat (n.) A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons..

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

Ringdove :: Ringdove (n.) A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat..

Benting Time :: Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe..

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..

Gemitores :: Gemitores (n. pl.) A division of birds including the true pigeons.

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..

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