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Definition of Order columbiformes
1. Noun. Sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves
Member holonyms: Columbiform Bird, Family Raphidae, Raphidae, Columbidae, Family Columbidae, Family Pteroclididae, Pteroclididae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Columbiformes
Literary usage of Order columbiformes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"... the underlying spots being purplish-grey, and equally plentifully distributed.
Axis, r9-2-2 inches; diam., 1-35-1-45. THE PIGEONS. order columbiformes. ..."
2. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1906)
"Order COLUMBIFORMES. Catalogue of the collection in the Wiesbaden Museum ;
LAMPE (375). Experiments on heredity in Web-footed Pigeon ; STAPLES-BROWNE, ..."
3. The Valley of Kashmír by Walter Roper Lawrence (1895)
"... 1889, on more than one occasion, but could never get within shot. Order
COLUMBIFORMES. Pigeons. ..."
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