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Noun [English]

Forms: carrier pigeons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} carrier pigeon (plural carrier pigeons)
  1. A domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination. Wikipedia link: carrier pigeon Categories (lifeform): Columbids Synonyms: homer, homing pigeon, carrier-pigeon Hyponyms: racer, racing pigeon Related terms: English Carrier, king of the doos Translations (carrier pigeon): posduif (Afrikaans), حَمامَةٌ زاجِلة (ḥamāmatun zājila) [feminine] (Arabic), حَمامٌ زاجِلٌ (ḥamāmun zājilun) [feminine, masculine, plural] (Arabic), colom missatger (Catalan), 信鴿 (Chinese Mandarin), 信鸽 (xìngē) (Chinese Mandarin), brevdue (Danish), postduif [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), leterkolombo (Esperanto), kirjekyyhky (Finnish), pigeon voyageur [masculine] (French), pomba mensaxeira [feminine] (Galician), საფოსტო მტრედი (saposṭo mṭredi) (Georgian), Brieftaube [feminine] (German), postagalamb (Hungarian), piccione viaggiatore (Italian), 伝書鳩 (Japanese), 전서구 (jeonseogu) (Korean), brevdue (Norwegian), gołąb pocztowy [masculine] (Polish), pombo-correio [masculine] (Portuguese), porumbel voiajor [masculine] (Romanian), porumbel călător [masculine] (Romanian), почто́вый го́лубь (počtóvyj gólubʹ) [masculine] (Russian), golub pismonoša [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), paloma mensajera (Spanish), brevduva [common-gender] (Swedish), свійський голуб (svijsʹkyj holub) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bồ câu đưa thư (Vietnamese)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "почто́вый го́лубь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "carrier pigeon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golub pismonoša"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "carrier pigeon",
      "word": "paloma mensajera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "carrier pigeon",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brevduva"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svijsʹkyj holub",
      "sense": "carrier pigeon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "свійський голуб"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "carrier pigeon",
      "word": "bồ câu đưa thư"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carrier pigeon"
}

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