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pigeon trained to return home

: a racing pigeon sometimes used for carrying messages and trained to return to its loft from distances up to 500 miles or more by being released at gradually increased distances from home — compare carrier pigeon

any pigeon used to carry messages and equipped by training and breeding to fly home, sometimes from great distances.

[1885-90]

homing pigeon UK US noun [countable] [singular homing pigeon plural homing pigeons]

a type of bird that can fly home across long distances

Thesaurus: species of bird_hyponym

homing pigeon,

any one of a breed of pigeons trained to fly home from great distances and used in racing or to carry messages; carrier pigeon.

noun, pl ⋯ -geons [count]

: a pigeon that is trained to return home from a great distance

ˈhoming pigeon [homing pigeon] noun

a ↑pigeon (= a type of bird) that has been trained to find its way home from a long distance away, and that people race against other ↑pigeons for sport