Hom"er (?), n. Zool.
A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
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Ho"mer (?), n. Zool.
See Hoemother.
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Ho"mer, n. [Heb. khomer.]
A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts.
[Written also
chomer,
gomer.]
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