Pigeon

(pĭj'un), n. [Fr. pigeon, Pr. pijon, Sp. pichon, It. piccione, O. Fr. pipion, from Lat. pipio, a young pipping or chirping bird, from pipire, to peep, chirp.] (Ornith.) A gallinaceous bird, of the genus Columba, of several species, as the stock-dove, the ring-dove, the turtle dove, and the migratory or wild pigeon of America.

Pigeon English, the barbarous and childish dialect of English used by English and American residents in China in their intercourse with the native traders.