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 |