homing pigeon

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homing pigeon

any breed of pigeon developed for its homing instinct, used for carrying messages or for racing

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No references found			Free, like a homing pigeon, he headed blindly and directly for the beach and the salt sea over which had floated the Arangi, on her deck Skipper in command. Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context The man could not explain how, like a homing pigeon, he had found his way to his own old mess again. The Man Who Was by Kipling, Rudyard View in context Straight as homing pigeons, the two made their way toward the ruin and desolation that had once been the center of their happy lives, and which was soon to be restored by the willing black hands of laughing laborers, made happy again by the return of the master and mistress whom they had mourned as dead. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			homestead Homestead Act homestead law Homestead Movement Homestead National Monument Homestead National Monument of America Homestead Strike homesteader hometaxial-base transistor homeward bound Homewood homework Homi Jehangir Bhabha homichlophobia Homicide homidium bromide homilite homily homing homing adapter homing antenna homing beacon homing device homing guidance Homing Head homing pigeon homing range homing relay homing station homing system homing torpedo homing transponder hominid Hominidae hominin hominoid Hominoidea hominy Homo Homo erectus Homo habilis Homo sapiens homo- homoallele Homoallelism Homobasidiomycetidae homobront homocentric Homocentric Pencil of Rays homocercal Homocercal Fin			Homing Anti-Radiation Missile Homing Anti-radiation Remotely Piloted Vehicle Sensing System Homing Ballistic Missile Homing beacon Homing beacon Homing Bomb System Homing Bombing System Homing Cellular Adhesion Molecule homing device homing device Homing Ex-Racehorses Organisation Scheme homing guidance homing guidance homing guidance Homing Head homing in on homing in on homing in on homing in on Homing in on Station using D/F Equipment homing instinct Homing Marine Environmental Recorder homing mine Homing missile Homing missile Homing Optical Bomb Homing Optical Guidance Homing Optical Guidance System Homing Optical System Study Homing Overlay Experiment homing pigeon Homing pigeons Homing pigeons Homing pigeons homing range homing relay homing station homing system homing torpedo homing torpedo homing transponder Homing Weapons homini blandiri homini civitatem dare homini gratiam debere homini imperare homini obsistere homini placere homini praecipere ut faciat homini suadere homini viam monstrare hominian hominid hominid hominid Hominid (disambiguation) Hominid (disambiguation) Hominid (disambiguation) Hominid evolution Hominidae Hominidae

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