homing pigeon

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noun

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

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Origin of homing pigeon

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby homing pigeon

homilist, homily, homing, homing device, homing guidance, homing pigeon, hominid, hominids, hominin, hominine, hominization

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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 Benson
The ordinary homing pigeon is best adapted for the purpose, being an inexpensive purchase.
Poachers and Poaching|John Watson
The 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 Avery
And 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 Taylor

There 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

homing pigeon

noun

any breed of pigeon developed for its homing instinct, used for carrying messages or for racingAlso called: homer

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