homing pigeon
any pigeon used to carry messages and equipped by training and breeding to fly home, sometimes from great distances.
Origin of homing pigeon
1- Also called homer .
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How to use homing pigeon in a sentence
She knew not what or whom she sought; there was just this blind unerring instinct in her soul, the instinct of the homing pigeon.
Arundel | Edward Frederic BensonThe ordinary homing pigeon is best adapted for the purpose, being an inexpensive purchase.
Poachers and Poaching | John WatsonThe FW's dropped in behind, unable to head him off, but the Me's came on like falcons trapping a homing pigeon.
A Yankee Flier Over Berlin | Al AveryAnd always, whether he walked in reason or in delirium, his course held eastward, straight as a homing pigeon for its loft.
Nicanor - Teller of Tales | C. Bryson TaylorThere is a wonderful type of woman, however, who goes as straight to the man she loves as a homing pigeon to its loft.
'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!' AND 'Isn't That Just Like a Man!' | Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for homing pigeon
any breed of pigeon developed for its homing instinct, used for carrying messages or for racing: Also called: homer
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