Messenger Aka Homing Bird Once Very Popular

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Space Exploration, Group 918, Puzzle 3 (Valentina Tereshkova).

Question is: Messenger Aka Homing Bird Once Very Popular

and the answer is: PIGEON

Word Meaning:

PIGEON — (countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.

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