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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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 That’s sweet and admirable, but does anyone doubt by this point that Sinatra isn’t reading every single text/email/carrier pigeon note sent in Paradise? Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 Feb. 2025 Plus: Jensen Davis on toxic tampons; Alan Cowell on carrier pigeons; and more % buffered 00:00 Sign Up for Air Mail An entertaining, but also serious weekend edition, delivered every Saturday morning at six o’clock. airmail.news, 27 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for carrier pigeon

Word History

First Known Use

1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of carrier pigeon was in 1644

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“Carrier pigeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carrier%20pigeon. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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