HOMING PIGEON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homing pigeon mean? 

• HOMING PIGEON (noun)
  The noun HOMING PIGEON has 1 sense:

1. pigeon trained to return home

  Familiarity information: HOMING PIGEON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMING PIGEON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pigeon trained to return home

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

homer; homing pigeon

Hypernyms ("homing pigeon" is a kind of...):

domestic pigeon (domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homing pigeon"):

carrier pigeon (a homing pigeon used to carry messages)