carrier pigeon
noun
1
: a pigeon used to carry messages
especially
: homing pigeon
2
: any of a breed of large long-bodied show pigeons
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Pony Express or carrier pigeon would be faster.
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Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
Yet governance operates as if carrier pigeons remain our fastest option.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 5 Feb. 2026
It was held on National Pigeon Appreciation Day, a holiday associated with President Woodrow Wilson, who first celebrated the day to honor carrier pigeons' contributions to World War I, per The New York Times.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 18 June 2025
Along the way, various other species also breathed their last: woolly mammoths, Irish elk, dodos, carrier pigeons, Steller’s sea cows, great auks, thylacines (Tasmanian tigers).
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
Yet governance operates as if carrier pigeons remain our fastest option.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 5 Feb. 2026
It was held on National Pigeon Appreciation Day, a holiday associated with President Woodrow Wilson, who first celebrated the day to honor carrier pigeons' contributions to World War I, per The New York Times.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 18 June 2025
Along the way, various other species also breathed their last: woolly mammoths, Irish elk, dodos, carrier pigeons, Steller’s sea cows, great auks, thylacines (Tasmanian tigers).
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for carrier pigeon
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“Carrier pigeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carrier%20pigeon. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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