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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
carrier pigeon
n 1: a homing pigeon used to carry messages
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Homing \Hom"ing\ (h[=o]m"[i^]ng), p. a.
Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.
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Homing pigeon, any pigeon trained to return home from a
distance. Also called carrier pigeon. Most are bred from
the domestic pigeon Columba livia. Homing pigeons are
used for sending back messages or for flying races. By
carrying the birds away and releasing them at gradually
increasing distances from home, they may be trained to
return with more or less certainty and promptness from
distances up to four or five hundred miles. The birds
typically do not stop on their way home, and may average
as much as 60 miles per hour on their return trip. If the
distance is increased much beyond 400 miles, the birds are
unable to cover it without stopping for a prolonged rest,
and their return becomes doubtful. The record for returnig
from a distance is close to 1,200 miles. Homing pigeons
are not bred for fancy points or special colors, but for
strength, speed, endurance, and intelligence or homing
instinct. Although used since ancient times, homing
pigeons have been largely displaced for practical purposes
by radio and electronic communications, but they are still
used in some special situations at the end of the 20th
century. They were used in military operations as recently
as in World War II.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] hominian
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Carrier \Car"ri*er\, n. [From Carry.]
1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
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The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds.
--Bacon.
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2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry
goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
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The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich
manufactures. --Swift.
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3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as:
(a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the
motion of the face plate; a lathe dog.
(b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
(c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers
the cartridge to a position from which it can be
thrust into the barrel.
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Carrier pigeon (Zool.), a variety of the domestic pigeon
used to convey letters from a distant point to to its
home.
Carrier shell (Zool.), a univalve shell of the genus
Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones
and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as
almost to conceal it.
Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.
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Thesaurus Results for Carrier pigeon:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Aquarius, Ganymede, Hebe, bearer, bheesty, busboy, caddie, cargo handler, carrier, carter, common carrier, conveyer, coolie, cupbearer, drayman, express, expressman, freighter, gun bearer, hauler, homer, homing pigeon, letter carrier, litter-bearer, mail car, mail coach, mail packet, mail train, mail truck, mailer, mailplane, packet boat, pigeon post, porter, post boat, post car, post coach, post-horse, post-office car, poster, railway mail car, redcap, shield-bearer, skycap, stevedore, stretcher-bearer, the Water Bearer, transporter, truck driver, trucker, wagoner, water boy, water carrier |
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