Columbiformes

Columbiformes
noun
sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves
• Member Meronyms:

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\\kəˌləmbə̇ˈfȯrˌmēz\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Columba + -iformes
: a cosmopolitan order of land birds with four unwebbed toes, short legs, small heads, and usually little visible difference between the sexes that includes the sandgrouse and the pigeons and doves together with their extinct relatives, the dodo and solitaire

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  • columbiformes — n. m. pl. ORNITH Ordre d oiseaux aux pattes courtes, au bec court avec une base membraneuse où s ouvrent les narines (pigeon, tourterelle, etc.). Sing. Un columbiforme …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Columbiformes —   Columbiformes Paloma torcaz ( …   Wikipedia Español

  • Columbiformes — Columbiformes …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Columbiformes — Tauben Türkentaube (Streptopelia decaocto) Systematik Überklasse: Kiefermäuler (Gnathostomata) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Columbiformes — …   Википедия

  • columbiformes — ► masculino plural ZOOLOGÍA Orden de aves con alas de longitud media, pico débil, patas y cuello corto. Alimentan a sus crías con una especie de líquido regurgitado desde el buche …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • columbiformes — co·lum·bi·for·mes …   English syllables

  • order Columbiformes — noun sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires • Syn: ↑Columbiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves • Member Meronyms …   Useful english dictionary

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