Note: The common domestic pigeon, or dove, was derived from
the Old World rock pigeon ({Columba livia}). It has
given rise to numerous very remarkable varieties, such
as the carrier, fantail, nun, pouter, tumbler, etc. The
common wild pigeons of the Eastern United States are
the passenger pigeon, and the Carolina dove. See under
{Passenger}, and {Dove}. See, also, {Fruit pigeon},
{Ground pigeon}, {Queen pigeon}, {Stock pigeon}, under
{Fruit}, {Ground}, etc.
2. An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang]
{Blue pigeon} (Zo["o]l.), an Australian passerine bird
({Graucalus melanops}); -- called also {black-faced crow}.
{Green pigeon} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
World pigeons belonging to the family {Treronid[ae]}.
{Imperial pigeon} (Zo["o]l.), any one of the large Asiatic
fruit pigeons of the genus {Carpophada}.
{Pigeon berry} (Bot.), the purplish black fruit of the
pokeweed; also, the plant itself. See {Pokeweed}.
{Pigeon English} [perhaps a corruption of business English],
an extraordinary and grotesque dialect, employed in the
commercial cities of China, as the medium of communication
between foreign merchants and the Chinese. Its base is
English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindoostanee.
--Johnson's Cyc.
He's pigeoned and undone. --Observer.