Pigeon /(?)/
Pi·geon
Pigeon
n.
- Any bird of the order Columbæ, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world. (Zool.)
- An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang]
Phrases & Compounds
- Blue pigeon
- an Australian passerine bird (Graucalus melanops); -- called also black-faced crow.
- Green pigeon
- any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to the family Treronidæ.
- Imperial pigeon
- any one of the large Asiatic fruit pigeons of the genus Carpophada.
- Pigeon berry
- the purplish black fruit of the pokeweed; also, the plant itself. See Pokeweed.
- Pigeon English
- an extraordinary and grotesque dialect, employed in the commercial cities of China, as the medium of communication between foreign merchants and the Chinese. Its base is English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindustani.
- Pigeon grass
- a kind of foxtail grass (Setaria glauca), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly eaten by pigeons and other birds.
- Pigeon hawk
- A small American falcon (Falco columbarius). The adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked with brown. The tail is banded.
- Pigeon hole
- A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house
- Pigeon house
- a dovecote.
- Pigeon pea
- the seed of Cajanus Indicus; a kind of pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the plant itself.
- Pigeon plum
- the edible drupes of two West African species of Chrysobalanus (Chrysobalanus ellipticus and Chrysobalanus luteus).
- Pigeon tremex
- See under Tremex.
- Pigeon wood
- a name in the West Indies for the wood of several very different kinds of trees, species of Dipholis, Diospyros, and Coccoloba.
- Pigeon woodpecker
- the flicker.
- Prairie pigeon
- The upland plover
Pigeon
v. t.
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To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling. [Slang]
He's pigeoned and undone.