a fat grey and white bird with short legs. Pigeons are common in cities and also live in woods and fields where people shoot them for sport or food:
the sound of pigeons cooing
compareDOVE
seealsoCARRIERPIGEON, CLAYPIGEON, HOMINGPIGEON, WOODPIGEON
IDIOMS
be sb's pigeon (old-fashioned, BrE) to be sb's responsibility or business
moreatCAT
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