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Pi·geon n.
1. Zool. Any bird of the order Columbæ, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.
Note: ☞ The common domestic pigeon, or dove, was derived from the Old World rock pigeon or rock dove (Columba livia), common in cities. It has given rise to numerous very remarkable varieties, such as the carrier, fantail, nun, pouter, tumbler, etc. The common wild pigeon of the Eastern United States is the Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura, called also Carolina dove). Before the 19th century, the most common pigeon was the passenger pigeon, but that species is now extinct. See Passenger pigeon, and Carolina dove under Dove. See, also, Fruit pigeon, Ground pigeon, Queen pigeon, Stock pigeon, under Fruit, Ground, etc.
2. An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang]
Blue pigeon Zool., an Australian passerine bird (Graucalus melanops); -- called also black-faced crow.
Green pigeon Zool., any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to the family Treronidæ.
Imperial pigeon Zool., any one of the large Asiatic fruit pigeons of the genus Carpophada.
Pigeon berry Bot., the purplish black fruit of the pokeweed; also, the plant itself. See Pokeweed.
Pigeon English
Pigeon grass Bot., a kind of foxtail grass (Setaria glauca), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly eaten by pigeons and other birds.
Pigeon hawk. Zool. (a) A small American falcon (Falco columbarius). The adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked with brown. The tail is banded. (b) The American sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter velox or Accipiter fuscus).
Pigeon hole. (a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house. (b) See Pigeonhole. (c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled through little arches. --Halliwell.
Pigeon house, a dovecote.
Pigeon pea Bot., the seed of Cajanus Indicus; a kind of pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the plant itself.
Pigeon plum Bot., the edible drupes of two West African species of Chrysobalanus (Chrysobalanus ellipticus and Chrysobalanus luteus).
Pigeon tremex. Zool. See under Tremex.
Pigeon wood Bot., a name in the West Indies for the wood of several very different kinds of trees, species of Dipholis, Diospyros, and Coccoloba.
Pigeon woodpecker Zool., the flicker.
Prairie pigeon. Zool. (a) The upland plover. (b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]
Bot·tle n.
1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids.
2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains; as, to drink a bottle of wine.
3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in the bottle.
Note: ☞ Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound.
Bottle ale, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.
Bottle brush, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the interior of bottles.
Bottle fish Zool., a kind of deep-sea eel (Saccopharynx ampullaceus), remarkable for its baglike gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three times its won size.
Bottle flower. Bot. Same as Bluebottle.
Bottle glass, a coarse, green glass, used in the manufacture of bottles. --Ure.
Bottle gourd Bot., the common gourd or calabash (Lagenaria Vulgaris), whose shell is used for bottles, dippers, etc.
Bottle grass Bot., a nutritious fodder grass (Setaria glauca and Setaria viridis); -- called also foxtail, and green foxtail.
Bottle tit Zool., the European long-tailed titmouse; -- so called from the shape of its nest.
Bottle tree Bot., an Australian tree (Sterculia rupestris), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen, trunk.
Feeding bottle, Nursing bottle, a bottle with a rubber nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in feeding infants.
Setaria glauca
n : common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate
areas [syn: yellow bristlegrass, yellow bristle grass,
yellow foxtail, glaucous bristlegrass]