pigeon

1. Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs (synset 101814550)
   is a type of: columbiform bird - a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes
   subtypes:

   • pouter, pouter pigeon - one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out
   • dove - any of numerous small pigeons
   • columba livia, rock dove, rock pigeon - pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended
   • band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon, bandtail, columba fasciata - wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon
   • columba palumbus, cushat, ringdove, wood pigeon - Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck
   • domestic pigeon - domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food
   • squab - an unfledged pigeon
   • ectopistes migratorius, passenger pigeon - gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct
   belongs to: columbidae, family columbidae - doves and pigeons

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