pigeons in English

noun
1
a stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having gray and white plumage.
Their short breeding cycle allows pigeons and doves to have more broods to compensate for their small brood sizes and relatively high rates of predation.
2
a gullible person, especially someone swindled in gambling or the victim of a confidence trick.
At the end of the day, one has to admit that most would-be megastars, the pigeons in this behavioral con game, are complicit in their deception.
3
an aircraft from one's own side.

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1. And pigeons.

2. Or the pigeons.

3. Commuting Pigeons

4. Misao, send pigeons.

5. They popped at the pigeons.

6. The pigeons circled above the terrace.

7. It's just a bunch of pigeons.

8. Ho, what, you gonna shoot their pigeons?

9. There were pigeons roosting in the dish.

10. Little pigeons can carry great messages. 

11. The pigeons are coming home to roost.

12. The pigeons wheel and scuttle around us.

13. Homing pigeons were used extensively in the 19th and early 20th centuries, both for civil pigeon post and as war pigeons.

14. The old man mothered his beloved pigeons.

15. 24 Keeping carrier pigeons is his hobby.

16. Pigeons fluttered in and out, cooing gently.

17. They no longer poach pigeons in public parks.

18. Instinct led the pigeons back to the roost.

19. What does Mary’s offering two pigeons indicate?

20. No one knows you're alive except for some pigeons.

21. The boy frightened away the pigeons from the roof.

22. I am a flamingo in a flock of pigeons.

23. Protect crops from pigeons and other birds with netting.

24. The efforts with pigeons and parrots bear only shadowy comparison.

25. Did you know the French have the best carrier pigeons?

26. Pigeons there on the parapet opposite, squabbling, jostling for position.

27. I know the little spring where the pigeons drink.

28. This is a cluster of pigeons fighting over breadcrumbs.

29. Lord knows I have plagued the pigeons often enough.

30. 10 Instinct led the pigeons back to the roost.

31. The pigeons are so tame they will sit on your shoulder.

32. In my family, I am flamingo in the flock of pigeons.

33. The pigeons are all asleep upon their roosts -- no flutter from them.

34. 10 Pigeons navigate less accurately when the earth's magnetic field is disturbed.

35. It does raise the question of how pigeons detect the magnetic field.

36. Pigeons aged from 1 week after hatching through to adulthood were used.

37. On the root of the school house some pigeons were softly cooing.

38. Cote definition, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc

39. However, larger birds like ducks and imperial pigeons were probably hunted by humans.

40. Early attempts along these lines focus on the behavior of rats and pigeons.

41. After all, young pigeons , called squab, have been raised for centuries for food.

42. Fancy pigeons, like flowers, seem endless in variety, color and hue.

43. The conjuror whipped away the cover to reveal two live pigeons.

44. Cote definition: a small shelter for pigeons , sheep , etc Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

45. Immediately the pigeons began to strut and flutter out, billing and cooing with pleasure.

46. May want to upgrade from carrier pigeons or whatever early man uses.

47. In my family, I am a flamingo in a flock of pigeons.

48. Alectroenas nitidissima is the type species of the genus, which includes all blue pigeons.

49. Altricial birds include pigeons, passerine birds (that is, perching/ songbirds), and raptors (owls, eagles, falcons).

50. Some were as small as pigeons, and some were the size of a school bus.