Akademik

Columbidae

noun

doves and pigeons

• Syn: ↑family Columbidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Columbiformes, ↑order Columbiformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑pigeon, ↑Columba, ↑genus Columba, ↑Streptopelia, ↑genus Streptopelia, ↑Stictopelia, ↑genus Stictopelia, ↑Zenaidura, ↑genus Zenaidura, ↑Ectopistes, ↑genus Ectopistes

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\\kəˈləmbəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Columba, type genus + -idae

: a family of game birds comprising the doves and pigeons

Useful english dictionary. 2012.