Columba

From Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae – doves and pigeons.

• (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

• (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

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• 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

From Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). The dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit in Christianity.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlʌm.bə/[1]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ.ləm.bə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.ləm.bə/
• Rhymes: -ʌmbə
• Hyphenation: Co‧lum‧ba

Columba

1. Saint Columba of Iona, one of the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages.
2. Any of three other Christian saints who bore the name Columba.
3. (astronomy) A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dove.

• Columbae

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1. (astronomy) Columba (constellation)