homing-pigeon

  • 11homing pigeon — carrier pigeon, pigeon that can be used to deliver messages because it has the ability to find its way home …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 12homing pigeon — noun Date: 1886 a racing pigeon trained to return home …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 13homing pigeon — any pigeon used to carry messages and equipped by training and breeding to fly home, sometimes from great distances. [1885 90] * * * …

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  • 14homing pigeon — noun (C) a pigeon that is able to find its way home over long distances …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15homing pigeon — hom′ing pi geon n. orn anb a pigeon trained to carry messages and return home • Etymology: 1885–90 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 16homing pigeon — /ˈhoʊmɪŋ pɪdʒən / (say hohming pijuhn) noun a pigeon trained to fly home from a distance, employed to carry messages …

  • 17Bullish Homing Pigeon — A trend indicated by a large candlestick followed by a much smaller candlestick whose body is located within the vertical range of the larger candle s body. In both candlesticks, the stock price has to have closed down from the opening price.… …

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  • 18Homing — Hom ing (h[=o]m [i^]ng), p. a. Home returning; used specifically of carrier pigeons. [1913 Webster] {Homing pigeon}, any pigeon trained to return home from a distance. Also called {carrier pigeon}. Most are bred from the domestic pigeon {Columba… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 19Pigeon keeping — is the art and science of breeding domestic pigeons. Mankind has practiced pigeon keeping for about 10,000 years in almost every part of the world. In that time, mankind has substantially altered the morphology and the behavior of the… …

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  • 20Homing — is the process of determining the location of the source of a transmission. A beacon that transmits a signal for the purpose of being homed is called a homing beacon or, simply, a homer. See also distress radiobeacon.More specifically, it may… …

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