racing pigeon

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English

Noun

racing pigeon (plural racing pigeons)

  1. A homing pigeon that takes part in races.
    • 1954 April, “The Why and the Wherefore”, in Railway Magazine, page 292, photo caption:
      Releasing some of the 12,000 racing pigeons that had arrived by special train (in foreground) at Dumfries Station for a race to their home lofts in Lanarkshire and West Lothian