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Noun: passenger pigeon  'pa-sun-jur 'pi-jun
  1. Gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct
    "The last passenger pigeon died in captivity in 1914";
    - Ectopistes migratorius

Derived forms: passenger pigeons

Type of: pigeon

Part of: Ectopistes, genus Ectopistes

Encyclopedia: Passenger pigeon