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词汇 homing-pigeon
释义 homing pigeon
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈhəʊ.mɪŋ ˌpɪdʒ.ən/ us /ˈhoʊ.mɪŋ ˌpɪdʒ.ən/
a pigeon (= a type of bird) that is trained to return to its home from any place that it starts its journey信鸽
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There have been two mechanisms implicated in homingpigeon magnetoreception: the visually mediated free-radical pair mechanism and a magnetite based directional compass or inclination compass.
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When he was nine years old he received his first homing pigeons which he raced and trained with his friends.
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It has been bred into several varieties kept by hobbyists, of which the best known is the homingpigeon or racing homer.
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It will carry a message to the intended recipient by flying to them much like a homingpigeon.
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It is a homingpigeon with a very good homing instinct, but can not be used for racing because the adults can not be trained.
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A homingpigeon was fitted with an aluminium breast harness to which a lightweight time-delayed miniature camera could be attached.
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Homingpigeon orientation influenced by deflected winds at home loft.
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On the top floor is a room set up as a homingpigeon house, with a right angular hole to fly through and 32 niches as nesting holes.
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Detection of atmospheric infrasound by the homingpigeon.
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After all, the workers have maintained stocks of homing pigeons which have done very well in this war.
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We heard of one breeding place of the peregrine which is on the route of homing pigeons.
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That will mean that the board cannot become involved in the training of racehorses, homing pigeons, greyhounds or indeed circus animals.
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Presented in 1982, the statue depicting a pigeon atop a globe honors the homing pigeons of the military.
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This effect was reproduced using homing pigeons.
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