Definition of homing pigeon in English:

homing pigeon

noun

A pigeon trained to fly home from a great distance and bred for long-distance racing.
the British military used homing pigeons extensively
Example sentencesExamples
- Domestication of the homing pigeon has provided researchers with a powerful tool to investigate avian navigation.
- A flight of homing pigeons scramble to get airborne from their loft in an old shed.
- Homing pigeons are said to take much longer to navigate to their destination prior to earthquakes.
- Rather than plucking random pigeons off the street, she got in touch with pigeon fanciers who owned homing pigeons.
- Fifty-eight homing pigeons took part in the auction, which attracted over 200 fans of homing pigeons to the event.
- Zoologists have come up with a new theory to explain how homing pigeons navigate.
- A homing pigeon can find its way back to its loft from nearly a thousand miles away.
- The response of homing pigeons to some treatments was dependent on how far they were released from the home loft.
- The 40-year-old jobless man was arrested recently for stealing 30 homing pigeons.
- He uses homing pigeons to carry messages back home.

单词	homing pigeon
释义	Definition of homing pigeon in English: homing pigeon noun A pigeon trained to fly home from a great distance and bred for long-distance racing. the British military used homing pigeons extensively Example sentencesExamples Domestication of the homing pigeon has provided researchers with a powerful tool to investigate avian navigation. A flight of homing pigeons scramble to get airborne from their loft in an old shed. Homing pigeons are said to take much longer to navigate to their destination prior to earthquakes. Rather than plucking random pigeons off the street, she got in touch with pigeon fanciers who owned homing pigeons. Fifty-eight homing pigeons took part in the auction, which attracted over 200 fans of homing pigeons to the event. Zoologists have come up with a new theory to explain how homing pigeons navigate. A homing pigeon can find its way back to its loft from nearly a thousand miles away. The response of homing pigeons to some treatments was dependent on how far they were released from the home loft. The 40-year-old jobless man was arrested recently for stealing 30 homing pigeons. He uses homing pigeons to carry messages back home.
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