Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - pigeon
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(pigeons) A pigeon is a bird, usually grey in colour, which has a fat body. Pigeons often live in towns. to put the cat among the pigeons: see cat N-COUNT see also clay pigeon, homing pigeon ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pygoun, pijun, from Late Latin pipion-, pipio young bird, from Latin pipire to chirp Date: 14th century 1. any of a widely distributed family (Columbidae, order Columbiformes) of birds with a stout body, rather short legs, and smooth and compact plumage; especially a member of any of numerous varieties of the rock dove that exist in domestication and in the feral state in cities and towns throughout most of the world 2. a young woman 3. an easy mark ; dupe 4. clay ~ II. noun Etymology: alteration of pidgin Date: 1826 an object of special concern ; accepted business or interest tennis was not his ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. 1 any of several large usu. grey and white birds of the family Columbidae, esp. Columba livia, often domesticated and bred and trained to carry messages etc.; a dove (cf. rock-pigeon). 2 a person easily swindled; a simpleton. Phrases and idioms pigeon-breast (or -chest) a deformed human chest with a projecting breastbone. pigeon-breasted (or -chested) having a pigeon-breast. pigeon-fancier a person who keeps and breeds fancy pigeons. pigeon-fancying this pursuit. pigeon-hawk = MERLIN. pigeon-hearted cowardly. pigeon-hole n. 1 each of a set of compartments in a cabinet or on a wall for papers, letters, etc. 2 a small recess for a pigeon to nest in. --v.tr. 1 deposit (a document) in a pigeon-hole. 2 put (a matter) aside for future consideration or to forget it. 3 assign (a person or thing) to a preconceived category. pigeon pair Brit. 1 boy and girl twins. 2 a boy and girl as sole children. pigeon's milk 1 a secretion from the oesophagus with which pigeons feed their young. 2 an imaginary article for which children are sent on a fool's errand. pigeon-toed (of a person) having the toes turned inwards. Derivatives pigeonry n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: ME f. OF pijon f. LL pipio -onis (imit.) 2. n. 1 = PIDGIN. 2 colloq. a particular concern, job, or business (that's not my pigeon). ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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голубь (Columba); pl голубиные (Columbidae) – band-tailed pigeon – bare-eyed pigeon – black wood pigeon – blue pigeon – blue hill pigeon – blue rock pigeon – brown-backed ground pigeon – Cape pigeon – carrier pigeon – Celebes dusky pigeon – crested pigeon – crowned pigeon – dovecote pigeon – dusky pigeon – fancy pigeon – feral pigeon – flying pigeon – fruit pigeon – green pigeon – homing pigeon – kelp pigeon – mountain pigeon – New Zealand pigeon – Nicobar pigeon – passenger pigeon – pheasant pigeon – pink pigeon – rameron pigeon – red-billed pigeon – rock pigeon – ruddy pigeon – rufous pigeon – sea pigeon – silver pigeon – snow pigeon – Solomon Island crowned pigeon – speckled pigeon – spotted pigeon – tooth-billed pigeon – topknot pigeon – white-crowned pigeon – white-naped pigeon – wild pigeon – Wonga pigeon – wood pigeon ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. зоол. голубь (Columba livia) pigeon family —- зоол. семейство голубиных (Columbidae) pigeon service —- голубиная почта to liberate (to release) pigeons —- выпускать голубей 2. разг. простак, шляпа, простофиля; незадачливый игрок to pluck a pigeon —- обобрать простака 3. глиняная летающая мишень (также clay pigeon) (clay) pigeon shooting —- спорт. стрельба по летящим мишеням (тарелочкам) 4. девушка; молодая женщина 5. разг. дело; ответственность; забота 6. карт. жарг. взятая в прикупе карта, которой не хватало для выигрыша Id: it's my pigeon —- это мое дело 7. редк. надувать, обманывать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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pair мальчик и девочка (близнецы или единственные дети в семье) PIGEON English = Pidgin English PIGEON 1. noun 1) голубь 2) coll. простак, шляпа; to pluck a pigeon - обобрать простака thats my (his, etc.) pigeon - это уж мое (его и т.д.) дело little pigeons can carry great messages prov. - мал, да удал pigeons milk - птичье молоко 2. v. надувать, обманывать ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1211, from O.Fr. pijon "young dove," probably from V.L. *pibionem, dissimilation from L.L. pipionem "squab, young chirping bird," from L. pipio "to chirp," of imitative origin. Replaced culver (O.E. culufre, from V.L. *columbra, from L. columbula) and native dove. Pigeonhole (1577) was originally a small recess for pigeons to nest in. The verb sense of "label mentally" is from 1870. Pigeon-toed first recorded 1801. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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