Columba
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Columba oenas
See also: columba
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”).
Proper noun
Columba f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae – doves and pigeons.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Columbimorphae - clade; Columbiformes - order; Columbidae - family; Columbinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Columba oenas - type species; Columba albitorques, Columba argentina, Columba arquatrix, Columba elphinstonii, Columba guinea, Columba hodgsonii, Columba iriditorques, Columba janthina, Columba larvata, Columba leucomela, Columba leuconota, Columba livia, Columba malherbii, Columba oliviae, Columba pallidiceps, Columba palumboides, Columba pollenii, Columba pulchricollis, Columba punicea, Columba sjostedti, Columba thomensis, Columba torringtoniae, Columba trocaz, Columba vitiensis - other species
References
Columba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Columba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Columba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
English
Etymology
From Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). The dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit in Christianity.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈlʌm.bə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒ.ləm.bə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.ləm.bə/
- Rhymes: -ʌmbə
- Hyphenation: Co‧lum‧ba
Proper noun
Columba
- Saint Columba of Iona, one of the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages.
- Any of three other Christian saints who bore the name Columba.
- (astronomy) A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dove.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
St. Columba
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constellation
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References
- ^ “Columba”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Spanish
Proper noun
Columba ?