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Meanings of homing pigeon in anglès

portuguès
pombo-correio

Pigeon trained to return home.

pombo-correio

A variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) selectively bred to find its way home over extremely long distances.

Sinònims
Examples for "carrier pigeon"
Examples for "carrier pigeon"
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Then in the folds of his cloak he took the carrier pigeon.
John of the Woods
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The carrier pigeon preened itself comfortably on the edge of the washstand.
The Street of Seven Stars
3
This structure is evidently analogous with that described in the Bagadotten carrier pigeon.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
4
In the Highlands you'd be better off using a carrier pigeon.
The Guardian
5
As much as I believe the carrier pigeon has it.
The Redemption of David Corson
Usage of homing pigeon in anglès
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But the feeling inside me was like that of a homing pigeon.
A colossal failure of common sense: the inside story of the coll...
2
Because bone marrow, like a homing pigeon, somehow knows where to go.
Fireflies
3
And Ginger, beaming happily, swooped on Sally's table like a homing pigeon.
The Adventures of Sally
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She'd come back to him like some sort of goddamn homing pigeon.
Shadowlight
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She was trying to teach it to be a homing pigeon.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
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Lord Emsworth's mind shot back to Blandings like a homing pigeon.
Something New
7
Straight as a homing pigeon he went to his goal.
A Man's Woman
8
My boy, this well-trained homing pigeon will, indeed, be valuable to the War Department.
Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon
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All the while he was roaring on, his machine seemingly feeling like a homing pigeon.
The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps
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And so the young man had gone to his father, straight as a homing pigeon.
Queed: A Novel
11
Juliet went into her open arms as straight as a homing pigeon to its nest.
Old Rose and Silver
12
I'll never forget that mechanical homing pigeon you constructed.
The Delegate from Venus
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Remember that his first day in San Juan he went to Galloway like a homing pigeon.
The Bells of San Juan
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Back into the cage, like a homing pigeon!
The Adventures of Kathlyn
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We have a valuable addition to our air messengers in the shape of this well-trained homing pigeon.
Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon
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Dunbar believed the creature would be used as a messenger in the manner of a homing pigeon.
Serena
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Translations for homing pigeon