pigeon hawk
merlin
Falco columbarius | small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail, used in falconry |
ringneck snake
ring-necked snake
ring snake | any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck |
black-necked cobra
spitting cobra
Naja nigricollis | aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa, rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness |
ring-necked pheasant
Phasianus colchicus | common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring |
| pigeon | wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs |
pouter pigeon
pouter | one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out |
rock dove
rock pigeon
Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
band-tailed pigeon
band-tail pigeon
bandtail
Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
wood pigeon
ringdove cushat
Columba palumbus | Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck |
| domestic pigeon | domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food |
roller tumbler
tumbler pigeon | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground |
homing pigeon
homer | pigeon trained to return home |
| carrier pigeon | a homing pigeon used to carry messages |
passenger pigeon
Ectopistes migratorius | gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct |
ring-necked parakeet
Psittacula krameri | African parakeet |
policeman bird
black-necked stork
jabiru Xenorhyncus asiaticus | large mostly white Australian stork |
black-necked stilt
Himantopus mexicanus | stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck |
pigeon guillemot
Cepphus columba | northern Pacific guillemot |
red-necked grebe
Podiceps grisegena | large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck |
black-necked grebe
eared grebe
Podiceps nigricollis | small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck, found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States |
| clay pigeon | target used in skeet or trapshooting |
| loft pigeon loft | a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept |
| stool pigeon | a dummy pigeon used to decoy others |
cajan pea
pigeon pea
dahl | small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant |
fink
snitch
snitcher
stoolpigeon
stool pigeon
stoolie
sneak
sneaker
canary | someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police |
poke
pigeon berry
garget
scoke
Phytolacca americana | tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackished berries on long drooping racemes, young fleshy stems are edible, berries and root are poisonous |
pigeon pea
pigeon-pea plant
cajan pea
catjang pea
red gram
dhal
dahl
Cajanus cajan | tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods, much cultivated in the tropics |
pigeon breast
chicken breast | abnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets |
| pigeon toes | disability in which the toes are turned inward, often associated with knock-knee |
| pigeon droppings | droppings of pigeons |
| pigeon-toed | having feet that turn inward |
| necked | having a neck or having a neck especially as specified (often used in combination) |
decollete
low-cut
low-necked | (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline, a low-cut neckline |
| high-necked | (of a garment) having a high neckline, a high-necked blouse |
pigeon-breasted
chicken-breasted | having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets |
| stiff-necked | haughtily stubborn, a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin |