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  • pigeon fly — noun : a hippoboscid fly (Pseudolynchia canariensis) that is an ectoparasite of pigeons especially in the southern United States and a vector of pigeon malaria …   Useful english dictionary

  • pigeon louse fly — noun : pigeon fly …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pigeon 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… …   Wikipedia

  • Pigeon post — is the use of homing pigeons to carry messages. As a method of communication, it is likely as old as the ancient Persians from whom the art of training the birds probably came. The Romans used pigeon messengers to aid their military over 2000… …   Wikipedia

  • Pigeon racing — For the bicycle company, see Flying Pigeon. Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained racing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance. The time it takes the animal to cover the specified… …   Wikipedia

  • Pigeon Boy — Infobox television show name = Pigeon Boy format = Animated children s television series runtime = 25 minutes approximately creator = Millimages starring = country = France network = first aired = last aired = num episodes = |Pigeon Boy is a… …   Wikipedia

  • pigeon racing — ▪ sport also called  Pigeon Flying,         racing for sport the homing pigeon, a specialized variety developed through selective crossbreeding and training for maximum distance and speed in directed flight.       The earliest record of the… …   Universalium

  • fly — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 insect VERB + FLY ▪ shoo (AmE), shoo away (esp. AmE), swat ▪ I swatted the fly with a newspaper. ▪ attract ▪ c …   Collocations dictionary

  • pigeon — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ carrier, homing, racing (esp. BrE) ▪ clay (BrE) ▪ clay pigeon shooting … OF PIGEONS ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • pigeon horntail — noun or pigeon tremex : a large American horntail (Tremex columba) having a burrowing larva that is preyed upon by a large ichneumon fly (Thallesa lunator) …   Useful english dictionary

  • fly the blue pigeon —    1. to steal lead    Usually from the roof of a church, where the birds might congregate, and from the colour of the metal, shortened in slang to Uuey:     And there s the bluey... the lead from the pipes and the roofs like of churches. (L.… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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