Phrase Hound found 52 phrases and 2 compound words that contain pigeons. The most common are listed below. Open pigeons in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 52
- put the cat among the pigeonsTo cause alarm, fuss, or agitation.
- blue pigeonsplural of blue pigeon: Any member of the genus Alectroenas of the pigeon family.
- carrier pigeonsplural of carrier pigeon: A domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination.
- clay pigeonsplural of clay pigeon: A flying target, usually a disc, made of a mixture of pitch and pulverized limestone rock, used as moving target in sport shooting.
- crested pigeonsplural of crested pigeon: A pigeon with a crest, especially Ocyphaps lophotes, widespread throughout Australia.
- crowned pigeonsplural of crowned pigeon: Any of various species of large, ground-feeding, pigeons of the New Guinea genus Goura, distinguished by elaborate crests.
- domestic pigeonsplural of domestic pigeon: A domesticated rock dove (sp. Columba livia).
- feral pigeonsplural of feral pigeon: A variety of rock pigeon, Columba livia domestica, that has reverted to the wild and adapted itself to living in urban or rural areas.
- messenger pigeonsplural of messenger pigeon: A variety of domesticated rock pigeon (Columba livia) that has been selectively bred to be able to find its way home over extremely long distances.
- passenger pigeonsplural of passenger pigeon: A bird of the extinct species †Ectopistes migratorius, formerly endemic to North America.
- racing pigeonsplural of racing pigeon: A homing pigeon that takes part in races.
- rock pigeonsplural of rock pigeon: A rock dove (Columba livia).
- stool pigeonsplural of stool pigeon: A pigeon tied to a stool by a piece of twine, used as a decoy to entice free-flying birds to the ground to be shot or trapped.
- utility pigeonsplural of utility pigeon: A domesticated pigeon bred to grow quickly for the production of squab meat.
- homing pigeonsplural of homing pigeon: A variety of domesticated rock pigeon (Columba livia) that has been selectively bred to be able to find its way home over extremely long distances.
- fruit pigeonsplural of fruit pigeon: Any of several fruit-eating doves or pigeons.
- green pigeonsplural of green pigeon: Any member of the genus Treron of the pigeon family.
- hen pigeonsplural of hen pigeon: A female pigeon.
- homer pigeonsplural of homer pigeon: A homing pigeon.
- moon pigeonsplural of moon pigeon: An unidentified flying object seen from a spacecraft, typically assume to be a dislodged fragment of the spacecraft itself
- owl pigeonsplural of owl pigeon: A generic name for several pigeon breeds.
- pink pigeonsplural of pink pigeon: Nesoenas mayeri, a pigeon endemic to Mauritius.
- sea pigeonsplural of sea pigeon: The black guillemot (Cepphus grylle).
- snow pigeonsplural of snow pigeon: A species of pigeon, Columba leuconota, native to the rocky hills of central Asia.
- stock pigeonsplural of stock pigeon: A pigeon of species Columba oenas, of western Eurasia.
Compound words 2
- pigeonsonaA fursona that is a pigeon.
- woodpigeonsplural of woodpigeon: Any of several related species of pigeon in the family Columbidae, particularly the genus Columba: