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Columbidae
Columbidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Columbidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Columbiformes – pigeons and doves.
Hypernyms
- (family): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Columbiformes - order
Hyponyms
- (family): Columbinae, Didunculinae, Gourinae, Otidiphabinae, Ptilinopinae, Treroninae - subfamilies
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276