单词 | columbaceous |
释义 | columbaceousadj. Of the nature of a dove or a pigeon; pertaining to the sub-order Columbacei. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [adjective] > of or belonging to pigeon and dove columbaceous1693 columbine1773 peristeronic1868 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 930 Such as have shorter and lesser Bills, as the Gallinaceous and Columbaceous kinds. 1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. ii. 263 In the Miocene period occur the remains of Gallinaceous and Columbaceous birds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1693 |
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