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passenger pigeon

passenger pigeon noun: a bird of the extinct species †Ectopistes migratorius, formerly endemic to North America.

passenger pigeon: a bird of the extinct species †Ectopistes migratorius, formerly endemic to North America
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Noun

passenger pigeon (plural passenger pigeons)

  1. A bird of the extinct species †Ectopistes migratorius, formerly endemic to North America.
    • Martha was a remnant of a species that had once dominated North America; it is estimated that there were as many as four billion – yes, billion – passenger pigeons when the Europeans arrived.2012 June 27, Helen Lewis, “Sense of an endling”, in New Statesman, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2012
    • Revive & Restore, a branch of the Long Now Foundation, is currently attempting to de-extinct the passenger pigeon in a project called The Great Comeback.2020, “Life Finds A Way”, in Jonathan Elmore, editor, Fiction and the Sixth Mass Extinction, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN

passenger pigeon meaning in Indonesian

passenger pigeon in Indonesian

an extinct bird of the species Ectopistes migratorius
merpati penumpang

Forms of passenger pigeon

pluralpassenger pigeons

Questions about passenger pigeon

What does passenger pigeon mean?
Passenger pigeon means a bird of the extinct species †Ectopistes migratorius, formerly endemic to North America.
What is passenger pigeon in Indonesian?
Passenger pigeon in Indonesian is merpati penumpang. See Passenger pigeon meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is passenger pigeon?
Passenger pigeon is a noun.
What is the plural of passenger pigeon?
The plural of passenger pigeon is passenger pigeons.

Words near passenger pigeon in the dictionary

  1. passenger kilometers
  2. passenger liner
  3. passenger liners
  4. passenger mile
  5. passenger miles
  6. passenger pigeon
  7. passenger pigeons
  8. passenger princess
  9. passenger princesses
  10. passenger seat
  11. passenger seats

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