PASSENGER PIGEON

Pronunciation (US):

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Meaning:

Gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct

Synonyms:

Ectopistes migratorius; passenger pigeon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("passenger pigeon" is a kind of...):

pigeon (wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs)

Holonyms ("passenger pigeon" is a member of...):

Ectopistes; genus Ectopistes (a genus of Columbidae)

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