homing pigeon in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.home [Am hoʊm, Brit həʊm] N

1.2. home (of person) U or C (in wider sense):

New York's been my home since I was 12
he vivido en Nueva York desde que tenía 12 años
they made their home in Germany
se establecieron en Alemania
they made their home in Germany
fijaron su residencia en Alemania form
my family's home is in California
mi familia vive en California
I still think of England as home
para mí Inglaterra sigue siendo mi patria
those little touches that make a house a home
esos pequeños detalles que convierten una casa en un hogar
home sweet home
hogar dulce hogar
there's no place like home
como en casa no se está en ningún sitio
to leave home
irse de casa
have you heard from home?
¿te han escrito de tu casa (or país etc.)?
he lived/worked away from home for a year
vivió/trabajó fuera un año
not only in the Third World, but also much closer to home
no solo en el Tercer Mundo sino también mucho más cerca de nosotros
those remarks were uncomfortably close to home
esos comentarios me (or le etc.) tocaban muy de cerca
a home away from home or Brit a home from home
una segunda casa
home is where the heart is
el verdadero hogar está donde uno tiene a los suyos
home is where he hangs his hat
no tiene raíces en ningún sitio

5.2. home SPORTS C (in baseball) → home plate

II.home [Am hoʊm, Brit həʊm] ADV

III.home [Am hoʊm, Brit həʊm] ADJ attr

See also strike home, home plate, drive home, at home

strike home VB [Am straɪk -, Brit strʌɪk -] (v + adv)

drive home VB [Am draɪv -, Brit drʌɪv -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

homing [Am ˈhoʊmɪŋ, Brit ˈhəʊmɪŋ] ADJ attr

pigeon [Am ˈpɪdʒən, Brit ˈpɪdʒɪn, ˈpɪdʒ(ə)n] N C or U

homing pigeon in the PONS Dictionary

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II.home [həʊm, Am hoʊm] ADV

III.home [həʊm, Am hoʊm] ADJ

homing [ˈhəʊmɪŋ, Am ˈhoʊ-] ADJ

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He was like a homing pigeon returning to both those locations year after year.
www.irishcentral.com
Homing pigeon orientation influenced by deflected winds at home loft.
en.wikipedia.org
In the races, the trained homing pigeons are driven hundreds of miles away from their coops and then released.
www.nydailynews.com
A homing pigeon was fitted with an aluminium breast harness to which a lightweight time-delayed miniature camera could be attached.
en.wikipedia.org
On the top floor is a room set up as a homing pigeon house, with a right angular hole to fly through and 32 niches as nesting holes.
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There have been two mechanisms implicated in homing pigeon magnetoreception: the visually mediated free-radical pair mechanism and a magnetite based directional compass or inclination compass.
en.wikipedia.org
It will carry a message to the intended recipient by flying to them much like a homing pigeon.
en.wikipedia.org
Scientists have sent robot scouts into deep space and unravelled the genome, yet they have been forced to admit they are still baffled by how homing pigeons navigate.
www.abc.net.au
When it is weight of an ox or the direction home (e.g., a homing pigeon), opinion averaging seems to work.
phenomena.nationalgeographic.com
Homing pigeon research remains "steeped in controversy" after decades of experimentation.
www.thestar.com

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