A deep-red glaze used in Chinese ceramics in the 18th and 19th centuries.

plural of pigeon chest

Any of a number of breeds of domestic fancy pigeon, Columba livia domestica, descendants of the wild rock pigeon, Columba livia, of the family Columbidae (pigeons and doves) (originally bred for their peculiar gurgling voice, a prolonged coo called "trumpeting" or "drumming").

cowardly

A domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination.

timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted

Synonym of homing pigeon

The common guillemot.

A female pigeon.

Having a breast like a pigeon's, the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity.