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PASSENGER PIGEON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct
Synonyms:
Ectopistes migratorius; passenger pigeon
Classified under:
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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