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racing pigeon

racing pigeon noun: a homing pigeon that takes part in races.

Noun

racing pigeon (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 Lothian1954 April, “The Why and the Wherefore”, in Railway Magazine, page 292, photo caption

Forms of racing pigeon

pluralracing pigeons

Questions about racing pigeon

What does racing pigeon mean?
Racing pigeon means a homing pigeon that takes part in races.
What part of speech is racing pigeon?
Racing pigeon is a noun.
What is the plural of racing pigeon?
The plural of racing pigeon is racing pigeons.

Words near racing pigeon in the dictionary

  1. racing jack
  2. racing jacks
  3. racing line
  4. racing off
  5. racing out of the traps
  6. racing pigeon
  7. racing pigeons
  8. racing prototype
  9. racing prototypes
  10. racing stripe
  11. racing stripes

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