" pigeon "

[Noun]  | "pi*geon" | \ ˈpi-jən \

1: any of a widely distributed family (Columbidae, order Columbiformes) of birds with a stout body, rather short legs, and smooth and compact plumage; especially : a member of any of numerous varieties of the rock dove that exist in domestication and in the feral state in cities and towns throughout most of the world

2: a young woman

3: an easy mark : dupe

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, from Anglo-French pygoun, pijun, from Late Latin pipion-, pipio young bird, from Latin pipire to chirp;

[Noun]  | "pigeon" 

1: an object of special concern : accepted business or interest

Origin: 1826 ;

 Alteration of pidgin;

[Noun]  | "pigeon breast" 

1: a deformity of the chest marked by sharp projection of the sternum

Origin: 1837 ;

[Noun]  | "pigeon hawk" 

1: merlin —used for one of North America

Origin: circa 1728 ;

[Noun]  | "pigeon pea" 

1: a leguminous shrubby herb (Cajanus cajan) with trifoliate leaves, yellow flowers, and flattened pods that is much cultivated especially in the tropics; also : its small highly nutritious seed

Origin: 1683 ;

[Noun]  | "carrier pigeon" 

1: a pigeon used to carry messages; especially : homing pigeon

2: any of a breed of large long-bodied show pigeons

Origin: 1644 ;

[Noun]  | "clay pigeon" 

1: a saucer-shaped target usually made of baked clay or limestone and pitch and thrown from a trap in skeet and trapshooting

Origin: 1888 ;

[Noun]  | "homing pigeon" 

1: a racing pigeon trained to return home

Origin: 1886 ;

[Adjective]  | "pi*geon-liv*ered" | \ ˈpi-jən-ˌli-vərd \

1: timid, cowardly

Origin: 1604 ;

[Adjective]  | "pi*geon-toed" | \ ˈpi-jən-ˌtōd \

1: having the toes and forefoot turned inward

Origin: 1786 ;

[Noun]  | "pigeon" 

[Noun]  | "stool pigeon"