Carrier pigeons were often used during WW1 to carry messages home from the fronts. The letter took so long to get there we may as well have sent it by carrier pigeon!
Las palomas mensajeras se solían usar durante la Primera Guerra Mundial para mandar mensajes desde el frente.
clay pigeonn
(disk used as shooting target) (tiro al plato)
plato nm
clay pigeonn
([sb] likely to be taken advantage of)
incauto, incauta nm, nf
dhal, dal, dholln
(lentil, split pea)
guandú, guandul nm
frijol de palo loc nom m
frijol chícharo loc nom m
homing pigeonn
(bird that returns home)
paloma mensajera loc nom f
merlin, pigeon hawkn
(zoology: bird)
esmerejón nm
passenger pigeonn
(extinct bird)
paloma pasajera loc nom f
pigeon breast, pigeon chest, chicken breastn
(medicine: chest malformation)
pectus carinatum loc nom m
pigeon fanciern
([sb] who breeds pigeons)
persona que alimenta palomas grupo nom
pigeon pean
usually plural (edible seed: dhal)
guandú, guandul nm
frijol de palo loc nom m
frijol chícharo loc nom m
pigeon pean
(plant that produces this seed)
guandú, guandul nm
pigeon pien
(pastry containing pigeon meat)
empanada de pichón, empanada de pichón nf + loc adj
pastel de paloma, empanada de paloma nm + loc adj
pigeon-toedadj
figurative, informal (having toes turned inward)
con pie equinovaro loc adj
pigeonhole, also UK: pigeon-holen
(mail compartment)
casilla nf
buzón nm
casillero nm
Fredrik put a copy of the memo in everyone's pigeonhole.
Fredrik puso copias del memorando en las casillas de todos.
pigeonhole, also UK: pigeon-holen
(coop for pigeons)
palomar nm
The pigeons sat cooing in their pigeonholes.
Las palomas se sentaron en su palomar.
pigeonhole [sb/sth], also UK: pigeon-hole [sb/sth]⇒vtr