1
: any of a widely distributed family (Columbidae, order Columbiformes) of birds with a stout body, rather short legs, and smooth and compact plumage
especially
: a member of any of numerous varieties of the rock dove that exist in domestication and in the feral state in cities and towns throughout most of the world
2
: a young woman
3
: an easy mark : dupe
4
: an object of special concern : accepted business or interest
tennis was not his pigeon
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Noun (1)
a confidence man in search of another pigeon
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The conventional thinking started to change in the 1960s when Harvey Karten, a young neuroanatomist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, mapped and compared brain circuits in mammals and pigeons, and later in owls, chickens and other birds.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
No feeding the pigeons or seagulls, pedaling or carrying a bike, or wading or swimming in the canals.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
But the pigeons in the CIA Museum don’t fly at all.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The Nicobar pigeon also inhabits a more rugged and less accessible environment, which has helped shield it from human activity to some extent.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The conventional thinking started to change in the 1960s when Harvey Karten, a young neuroanatomist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, mapped and compared brain circuits in mammals and pigeons, and later in owls, chickens and other birds.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
No feeding the pigeons or seagulls, pedaling or carrying a bike, or wading or swimming in the canals.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
But the pigeons in the CIA Museum don’t fly at all.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pigeon
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“Pigeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pigeon. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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