CARRIER PIGEON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carrier pigeon mean? 

• CARRIER PIGEON (noun)
  The noun CARRIER PIGEON has 1 sense:

1. a homing pigeon used to carry messages

  Familiarity information: CARRIER PIGEON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARRIER PIGEON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A homing pigeon used to carry messages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("carrier pigeon" is a kind of...):

homer; homing pigeon (pigeon trained to return home)