racing pigeon

noun

A homing pigeon that takes part in races.

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Meanings

nounracing pigeon (plural racing pigeons)

plural racing pigeons

  1. A homing pigeon that takes part in races.

    Releasing some of the 12,000 racing pigeons that had arrived by special train (in foreground) at Dumfries Station for a race to their home lofts in Lanarkshire and West Lothian

    1954 April, “The Why and the Wherefore”, in Railway Magazine, page 292, photo caption

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
homing pigeon
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