ETYM French, from Latin pipio a young pipping or chirping bird, from pipire to peep, chirp. Related to Peep to chirp.
Any bird of the family Columbidae, sometimes also called doves, distinguished by their large crops, which, becoming glandular in the breeding season, secrete a milky fluid (“pigeon’s milk”) that aids digestion of food for the young. They are found worldwide.
There are many species: domesticated varieties (including the city pigeon) derive from the Eurasian rock dove Columba livia. New World species include the mourning-doves, which live much of the time on the ground. The fruit pigeons of Australasia and the Malay regions are beautifully colored.
In the us, there were once millions of passenger pigeons Ectopistes migratorius, but they have been extinct since 1914.
Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs. + prikaži više

1. One who plays a subordinate or compliant role to a principal; puppet
2. Straight man
3. Stool pigeon