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Definition of Genus columba
1. Noun. Type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Columbidae, Family Columbidae
Member holonyms: Columba Livia, Rock Dove, Rock Pigeon, Band-tail Pigeon, Band-tailed Pigeon, Bandtail, Columba Fasciata, Columba Palumbus, Cushat, Ringdove, Wood Pigeon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Columba
Literary usage of Genus columba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"Ridgway, Bull. US Nat. Mus., No. 50, pt. VII, 1916, pp. 283-307). Includes the
following North American species now in the genus Columba: ..."
2. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"By former writers, the various birds contained in this family were arranged under
one genus (Columba), notwithstanding the difference of character and form ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"... being a species of the restricted genus Columba, and a new name would be
required for the group universally recognized for more than half a century as ..."
4. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"Of the genus Columba were procured two species, one of which is in such imperfect
plumage that its character cannot be made out. ..."
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