HOMING PIGEON

Meaning of HOMING PIGEON in English

any pigeon used to carry messages and equipped by training and breeding to fly home, sometimes from great distances.

[ 1885-90 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HOMING PIGEON — noun Date: 1886 a racing pigeon trained to return home
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOMING PIGEON — noun : a racing pigeon sometimes used for carrying messages and trained to return to its loft from distances up …
Webster's New International 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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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