tumbler pigeon

1. 1.

   pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground

   Synonymsrollertumbler

   Broaderdomestic pigeon

Questions about tumbler pigeon

What does tumbler pigeon mean?

tumbler pigeon means "pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground".

What is another word for tumbler pigeon?

Close synonyms include roller, tumbler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tumbler pigeon a common word?

tumbler pigeon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.