family Columbidae

Thesaurus

Noun

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family Columbidae - doves and pigeons Columbidaebird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsColumbiformes, order Columbiformes - sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitairespigeon - wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legsgenus Columba, Columba - type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeonsgenus Streptopelia, Streptopelia - turtledovesgenus Stictopelia, Stictopelia - a genus of Columbidaegenus Zenaidura, Zenaidura - mourning dovesEctopistes, genus Ectopistes - a genus of Columbidae