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Meaning of "passenger pigeons"
passenger pigeons: a species of North American pigeon that became extinct in the early 20th century due to overhunting and habitat loss
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- plural of passenger pigeon
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You are the passenger pigeons and thylacines.
Two parasites have been recorded on passenger pigeons.
And the passenger pigeons.
Passenger pigeons are extinct.
I always thought that passenger pigeons were small.
Passenger pigeons are one species of extinct animals that could be resurrected by cloning.
A pair of passenger pigeons.
Passenger pigeons could get away with such behavior because of their incredible numbers.
The flavor of the flesh of passenger pigeons varied depending on how they were prepared.
When the Pilgrims landed there were an estimated nine billion passenger pigeons.
The passenger pigeons or wild pigeon belongs to the order Columbiformes.
If it were, we would still have passenger pigeons.
The only Passenger Pigeons that remained were in zoos.
Once hugely abundant, millions of other passenger pigeons were eradicated by hunting.
Passenger pigeons could not carry that much weight, and eagles could not be trained.
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Humans have wiped out a number of major species, from passenger pigeons to the buffalo.
Overall, female passenger pigeons were quieter and called infrequently.
The pigeons that hatched would be rock pigeons, but their offspring would resemble passenger pigeons.
During migrations, passenger pigeons were once so numerous that they darkened the sky.
Working with Harvard biologist George Church, they figured out a possible way to revive passenger pigeons.
Hunters largely outnumbered trappers, and hunting passenger pigeons was a popular sport for young boys.
Could passenger pigeons become a reservoir for a virus that might wipe out another bird species?
We can accept, for example, that passenger pigeons no longer exist.
Let's be honest: we'd just as soon use passenger pigeons.
By the late 19th century, the trade of passenger pigeons had become commercialized.
As recently as 1878, a single hunter shipped three million Passenger Pigeons to market.
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