HOMING PIGEON

Meaning of HOMING PIGEON in English

noun

: a racing pigeon sometimes used for carrying messages and trained to return to its loft from distances up to 500 miles or more by being released at gradually increased distances from home — compare carrier pigeon

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

HOMING PIGEON — noun Date: 1886 a racing pigeon trained to return home
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOMING PIGEON — any pigeon used to carry messages and equipped by training and breeding to fly home, sometimes from great distances. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOMING PIGEON — carrier pigeon, pigeon that can be used to deliver messages because it has the ability to find its way home
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOMING PIGEON — Date: 1886 : a racing pigeon trained to return home
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOMING PIGEON — Function: noun Date: 1886 : a racing pigeon trained to return home
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HOMING PIGEON — [homing pigeon] n (1886): a racing pigeon trained to return home
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOMING PIGEON — noun a pigeon (= a type of bird) that has been trained to find its way home from a long …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOMING PIGEON — ˈhoming ˌpigeon BrE AmE noun [countable] a ↑ pigeon that is able to find its way home over long distances
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOMING PIGEON — ( homing pigeons) A homing pigeon is a pigeon that is trained to return to a particular place, especially in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOMING PIGEON — (~s) A ~ is a pigeon that is trained to return to a particular place, especially in races with other …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HOMING PIGEON — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The homing pigeon is extremely skilled at doing so. ▪ The longest flight of a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOMING PIGEON — Synonyms and related words : Aquarius, Ganymede, Hebe, bearer, bheesty, busboy, caddie, cargo handler, carrier, carrier pigeon, carter, common carrier, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOMING PIGEON — почтовый голубь почтовый голубь
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOMING PIGEON — Почтовый голубь
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HOMING PIGEON — почтовый голубь
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOMING PIGEON — почтовый голубь
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HOMING PIGEON — почтовый голубь
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HOMING PIGEON — почтовый голубь
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HOMING PIGEON — почтовый голубь
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HOMING PIGEON — почтовый голубь
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HOMING PIGEON — почтовый голубь
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HOMING PIGEON — почтовый голубь
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HOMING PIGEON — почтовый голубь
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
HOMING PIGEON — почтовый голубь
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
HOMING PIGEON — _n. почтовый голубь
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HOMING PIGEON — n. почтовый голубь
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HOMING PIGEON — почтовый голубь
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
HOMING PIGEON — _n. почтовый голубь
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
HOMING PIGEON — Почтовый голубь
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HOMING PIGEON — почтовый голубь почтовый голубь
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PIGEON — Plump, small-billed, monogamous birds of the family Columbidae, found almost worldwide and recognizable by their head-bobbing strut. Unlike other birds, …
Английский словарь Британика
PIGEON — I. ˈpijən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English pejon, pijon, pigeon, from Middle French pijon young bird, pigeon, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOMING — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: from gerund of home (IV) 1. a. : an accurate return of an animal …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOMING — (p.a.) Home-returning.
Английский словарь Webster
PIGEON — pigeon 1 /pij"euhn/ , n. 1. any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, esp. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOMING — /hoh"ming/ , adj. 1. capable of returning home, usually over a great distance: We saw the homing birds at dusk. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIGEON — I. ˈpi-jən noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pygoun, pijun, from Late Latin pipion-, pipio young bird, from Latin pipire …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIGEON — noun an unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. 2. pigeon ·noun any bird of the order columbae, of which numerous …
Webster English vocab
HOMING — add. ·p.a. home-returning. 2. homing ·adj home-returning; used specifically of carrier pigeons.
Webster English vocab
PIGEON — any of several hundred species of birds constituting the family Columbidae (order Columbiformes). Smaller forms are usually called doves, larger …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOMING — ability of certain animals to return to a given place when displaced from it, often over great distances. The major …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOMING — homing BrE AmE ˈhəʊm ɪŋ AmE \ ˈhoʊm ɪŋ ▶ ˈ homing ˌ pigeon BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PIGEON — / ˈpɪdʒɪn; NAmE / noun a fat grey and white bird with short legs. Pigeons are common in cities and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOMING — / ˈhəʊmɪŋ; NAmE ˈhoʊm-/ adjective [ only before noun ] 1. ( of a bird or an animal ) trained, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIGEON — pi ‧ geon /ˈpɪdʒən, ˈpɪdʒɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: pijon , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOMING — hom ‧ ing /ˈhəʊmɪŋ $ ˈhoʊm-/ BrE AmE adjective a bird or animal that has a homing instinct has a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIGEON — n. 1 any of several large usu. grey and white birds of the family Columbidae, esp. Columba livia, often domesticated …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PIGEON — n. 1 any of several large usu. grey and white birds of the family Columbidae, esp. Columba livia, often domesticated …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOMING — attrib.adj. 1 (of a pigeon) trained to fly home, bred for long-distance racing. 2 (of a device) for guiding to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIGEON — 1. n.1 any of several large usu. grey and white birds of the family Columbidae, esp. Columba livia, often domesticated …
Oxford English vocab
HOMING — attrib.adj. 1. (of a pigeon) trained to fly home, bred for long-distance racing. 2 (of a device) for guiding to …
Oxford English vocab
PIGEON — ( pigeons) A pigeon is a bird, usually grey in colour, which has a fat body. Pigeons often live in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOMING — 1. A weapon or piece of equipment that has a homing system is able to guide itself to a target …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIGEON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES carrier pigeon clay pigeon shooting homing pigeon COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN carrier ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOMING — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES homing device homing pigeon EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ If nothing else, the Hart provided a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PIGEON — [noun] - a large usually grey bird, which is often seen in towns sitting on buildings in large groups, and …
Cambridge English vocab
HOMING — [adjective] [before noun; not gradable] - relating to the ability of some animals to find their way home, or (of …
Cambridge English vocab
PIGEON — A weak silly fellow easily imposed on. To pigeon; to cheat. To milk the pigeon; to attempt impossibilities, to be …
Slang English vocab
HOMING — adj. Homing is used with these nouns: ↑ pigeon
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PIGEON — 1. сущ. 1) голубь Syn : dove 2) разг. простак, шляпа to pluck a pigeon ≈ обобрать простака 3) сл. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOMING — I прил. 1) возвращающийся домой 2) прилетающий обратно (о голубях, которых специально тренировали) II сущ. 1) а) возвращение домой Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PIGEON — pigeon.ogg 1. ʹpıdʒın n 1. зоол. голубь ( Columba livia ) pigeon family - зоол. семейство голубиных ( Columbidae ) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOMING — 1. ʹhəʋmıŋ n 1. возвращение домой; обратный путь 2. биол. хоминг; чувство дома, инстинкт дома; способность находить путь к дому …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOMING — 1) самонаведение || самонаводящийся 2) привод ( на радиостанцию ) || приводной (о маяке, радиостанции) 3) наведение по приводному лучу …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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