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C luteus Pigeon grass (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass (Setaria
glauca), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly
eaten by pigeons and other birds.
Pigeon hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small American falcon (Falco columbarius). The
adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with
black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked
with brown. The tail is banded.
(b) The American sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter velox, or
fuscus).
Pigeon hole.
(a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house.
(b) See Pigeonhole.
(c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled
through little arches. --Halliwell.
Pigeon house, a dovecote.
Pigeon pea (Bot.), the seed of Cajanus Indicus; a kind of
pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the
plant itself.
Pigeon plum (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African
species of Chrysobalanus (C. ellipticus and C.
luteus).
Pigeon tremex. (Zo["o]l.) See under Tremex.
Pigeon wood (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood
of several very different kinds of trees, species of
Dipholis, Diospyros, and Coccoloba.
Pigeon woodpecker (Zo["o]l.), the flicker.
Prairie pigeon. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The upland plover.
(b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]
Gluteus Gluteus Glu*te"us, n. [NL.] (Anat.)
Same as Glut[ae]us.
Lupinus luteus Lupinine Lu"pin*ine, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (Lupinus
luteus, L. albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter
crystalline substance.
Pluteus Pluteus Plu"te*us, n.; pl. L. Plutei, E. Pluteuses. [L., a
shed.] (Zo["o]l.)
The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having
several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods.
Pluteuses Pluteus Plu"te*us, n.; pl. L. Plutei, E. Pluteuses. [L., a
shed.] (Zo["o]l.)
The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having
several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods.
