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Pigeon

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Noun

1. pigeon

wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pigeon

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noun
1. 
any of numerous birds of the family Columbidae, having a heavy body, small head, short legs, and long pointed wings: order Columbiformes
rock dove
2. slang
a victim or dupe
noun
British informal
concern or responsibility (often in the phrase it's his, her, etc, pigeon)

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Pigeon

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nounWord forms: plural ˈpigeons or ˈpigeon
1. 
any of a family (Columbidae, order Columbiformes) of birds with a small head, plump body, long, pointed wings, and short legs
see also dove1
2.  US
clay pigeon
3. 
a girl or young woman
4.  Slang
a person easily deceived or gulled; dupe
noun
var. sp. of
pidgin
, a spelling not used technically by linguists

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pigeon

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n.
1. Any of various birds of the widely distributed family Columbidae, characteristically having plump bodies, small heads, and short legs, especially the rock pigeon or any of its domesticated varieties.
2. Slang One who is easily swindled; a dupe.
n.
An object of special concern; an affair or matter.

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