Leyte
Leyte Island
Leyte invasion | a battle in World War II, the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October , the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese |
Battle of Wake
Battle of Wake Island | in December the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines |
pigeon hawk
merlin
Falco columbarius | small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail, used in falconry |
| Rhode Island red | American breed of heavy-bodied brownished general-purpose chicken |
| 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 |
imperial moth
Eacles imperialis | large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings, larvae feed on e.g. maple and pine trees |
imperial mammoth
imperial elephant
Archidiskidon imperator | largest known mammoth, of America |
| clay pigeon | target used in skeet or trapshooting |
gas pump
gasoline pump
petrol pump
island dispenser | a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks |
| imperial | a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach |
| island | a zone or area resembling an island |
| kitchen island | an unattached counter in a kitchen that permits access from all sides |
| loft pigeon loft | a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept |
| stool pigeon | a dummy pigeon used to decoy others |
traffic island
safety island
safety isle
safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
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 |
| Thousand Island dressing | mayonnaise with chili sauce or catsup and minced olives and peppers and hardooked egg |
| Bouvet Island | an island belonging to Norway in the South Atlantic near the Antarctic Circle |
| Sao Tiago Island | largest of the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean |
| Guadalupe Island | a Mexican island in the Pacific to the west of Baja California |
| Caribbean Island | an island in the Caribbean Sea |
| Aegean island | an island in the Aegean Sea |
| Baffin Island | the th largest island and the largest island of Arctic Canada, lies between Greenland and Hudson Bay |
| Vancouver Island | an island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia), the largest island off the west coast of North America |
| Cape Breton Island | an island that forms the northeastern part of Nova Scotia |
| Prince Edward Island | an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the smallest province of Canada |
| Norfolk Island | an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia, formerly a British penal colony |
Wake Island
Wake | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii |
Nauru Nauru Island
Pleasant Island | a small island in the central Pacific Ocean , miles to the southwest of Hawaii, in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands |
Bahrain Bahrain Island
Bahrein Bahrein Island | an island in the Persian Gulf |
| Channel Island | any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France |
| Jersey island of Jersey | the largest of the Channel Islands |
Guernsey
island of Guernsey | a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey |
Anglesey
Anglesey Island
Anglesea
Anglesea Island
Mona | an island to the northwest of Wales |
| North Island | the smaller but more populous of two main islands of New Zealand, separated from South Island by Cook Strait |
| South Island | the larger but less populous of two main islands of New Zealand, separated from North Island by Cook Strait |
| Singapore Singapore Island | an island to the south of the Malay Peninsula |
| Admiralty Island | an Alaskan island in the Alexander Archipelago near Juneau |