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pidgin, pigeon
pidgin (PIJ uhn) (noun)
A simplified type of speech that is usually a mixture of two or more languages, has a rudimentary grammar and vocabulary, is used for communication between groups speaking different languages, and is not spoken as a first or native language: The explorer in the desert learned to speak a pidgin form of the national dialect so he could communicate with those who lived there.
pigeon (PIJ uhn) (noun)
1. An easy target, often in the context of exploitation: Henry flashed his money around in such a manner that it made him a pigeon for thieves.
2. A bird characterized by having a stout body, short legs, and smooth, solid, compact feathers: There is a handsome black and white pigeon that comes to eat birdfood every day in Ronda's backyard.

Elisa's cousin was sure that Andrew could teach his favorite pigeon to respond to verbal commands in pidgin language.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 5)
pigeon
1. A medium-sized bird with a stocky body and short legs, powerful flight, and a "cooing" call, which eats seeds and fruit.

There are more than 300 species of pigeons found worldwide. Family Columbidae.

2. Medium-sized bird living in cities; a variety of rock dove, commonly seen in cities or trained for racing or carrying messages. Latin name Columba livia.
3. From Late Latin pipionem, "squab, young chirping bird", from Latin pipio, "chirping bird", from pipire "to peep, chirp" of imitative origin.

Modern spelling is from later French pigeon. Replaced culver (Old English culufre, from Vulgar Latin columbra, from Latin columbula and native dove.

This entry is located in the following unit: columba-, columb- (page 1)
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peristera-, perister- +
(Greek: pigeon, dove)
columba-, columb-
(Latin: pigeon or dove)
Word Entries containing the term: “pigeon”
palumbine: wood-pigeon, ring-dove
Belonging to the wood-pigeon or ring-dove.
This entry is located in the following unit: -ine (page 13)