pigeon hawk
merlin
Falco columbarius | small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail, used in falconry |
| 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 |
pigeon guillemot
Cepphus columba | northern Pacific guillemot |
pied-billed grebe
Podilymbus podiceps | American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill |
imperial moth
Eacles imperialis | large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings, larvae feed on e.g. maple and pine trees |
| pied lemming | North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged |
imperial mammoth
imperial elephant
Archidiskidon imperator | largest known mammoth, of America |
| clay pigeon | target used in skeet or trapshooting |
| imperial | a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach |
| loft pigeon loft | a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept |
| pied-a-terre | lodging for occasional or secondary use, they bought a pied-a-terre in London |
| stool pigeon | a dummy pigeon used to decoy others |
imperial
imperial beard | a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III |
| imperial decree | a decree issued by a sovereign ruler |
cajan pea
pigeon pea
dahl | small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant |
Celebes
Sulawesi | a mountainous island in eastern Indonesia |
Pied Piper
Pied Piper of Hamelin | the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning |
fink
snitch
snitcher
stoolpigeon
stool pigeon
stoolie
sneak
sneaker
canary | someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police |
| pied piper | a leader who entices people to follow (especially to their doom) |
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 |
crown imperial
Fritillaria imperialis | Eurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orangeed bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem |
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 |
imperial Japanese morning glory
Ipomoea imperialis | hybrid from Ipomoea nil |
British Imperial System
English system
British system | a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint |
British capacity unit
Imperial capacity unit | a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System, British units are both dry and wet |
gallon Imperial gallon
congius | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to quarts or . liters |
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 |
s motley
calico
multicolor
multi-color
multicolour
multi-colour
multicolored
multi-colored
multicoloured
multi-coloured
painted
particolored
particoloured
piebald
pied
varicolored
varicoloured | having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly, a jester dressed in motley, the painted desert, a particolored dress, a piebald horse, pied daisies |
| pigeon-toed | having feet that turn inward |
imperial
majestic
purple
regal
royal | belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler, golden age of imperial splendor, purple tyrant, regal attire, treated with royal acclaim, the royal carriage of a stag's head |
pigeon-breasted
chicken-breasted | having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets |
| imperial | befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress, imperial palace |
| imperial | relating to or associated with an empire, imperial colony, the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire |
| imperial | of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures |