pigeon

Universal Words noun 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