pigeon post
Bird-carried correspondence
Pigeon post is a system of sending messages by homing pigeons.
Before electronic communication, pigeons carried news across distances that would take human messengers much longer—military dispatches, stock prices, even personal letters.
The term now sounds quaint, evoking an era before telegraphs and telephones: They sent word by pigeon post.
- letterWritten symbol or message
- homingSteering toward a target
- courierDelivery person or service
- postageFee for mailing
- dovecoteStructure housing domesticated birds
trained birds · parcel · encrypted messages · package · encoded messages · stamp · Reuters · news service · messenger · relay stations · airmail · envelope · coop · rooftop · communication · loft · homing instinct · bird handler
- postal servicemail, sorting machine, stamps, stamp, mailbox
- ancient mailcouriers, messengers, postal routes, relay stations, mail delivery
- Paris SiegeFranco-Prussian War, bombardment, starvation, capitulation, National Guard
- war pigeonsG.I. Joe, military dispatches, Paddy
- pigeons and doves in artwhite dove, dove of peace, mourning dove, rock dove, dove release
pigeon postemail
Digital written communication
electronic mail · instant messaging · text message · digital communication · internet communication
pigeon postdigital transmission
Data sent via signals
telegraph · telephone · radio transmission · cellular signal · satellite link
pigeon postwireless communication
Sending data without cables
radio transmission · digital messaging · cellular communication · data transmission · broadcast
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