Definition of Carrier pigeon

1. Noun. A homing pigeon used to carry messages.

Generic synonyms: Homer, Homing Pigeon

Definition of Carrier pigeon

1. Noun. A domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carrier Pigeon

carrick bend
carrick bends
carrick bitt
carricks
carried
carried away
carried out
carried the message to Garcia
carrier
carrier-free
carrier-pigeon
carrier bag
carrier bags
carrier cell
carrier electrophoresis
carrier pigeon
carrier pigeons
carrier protein
carrier proteins
carrier screening
carrier shell
carrier state
carrier strain
carrier test
carrier wave
carrier waves
carriers
carries
carries out
carries the message to Garcia

Literary usage of Carrier pigeon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"Double-Marriage, on the Edge of Shipwreck, flies off a Kind of Carrier-Pigeon, ... CarrierPigeon ..."

2. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... a Kind of Carrier-Pigeon, or Noah's Dove, to England, with Cry for Help Faithful Mamsell Billow consoles the Princess: ' Wait, I have news that will put ..."

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