Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
{Pigeon grass} (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria
glauca}), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly
eaten by pigeons and other birds.
{Pigeon hawk}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small American falcon ({Falco columbarius}). The
adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with
black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked
with brown. The tail is banded.
(b) The American sharp-shinned hawk ({Accipiter velox, or
fuscus}).
{Pigeon hole}.
(a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house.
(b) See {Pigeonhole}.
(c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled
through little arches. --Halliwell.
{Pigeon house}, a dovecote.
{Pigeon pea} (Bot.), the seed of {Cajanus Indicus}; a kind of
pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the
plant itself.
{Pigeon plum} (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African
species of {Chrysobalanus} ({C. ellipticus} and {C.
luteus}).
{Pigeon tremex}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Tremex}.
{Pigeon wood} (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood
of several very different kinds of trees, species of
{Dipholis}, {Diospyros}, and {Coccoloba}.
{Pigeon woodpecker} (Zo["o]l.), the flicker.
{Prairie pigeon}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The upland plover.
(b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]
Source : WordNet®
pigeon hawk
n : small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with
black-barred tail; used in falconry [syn: {merlin}, {Falco
columbarius}]