HyperDic: columbiform_bird

English > 1 sense of the expression columbiform bird:
NOUNanimalcolumbiform birda cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes
English > columbiform bird: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes.
Member ofColumbiformes, order Columbiformessand grouse
Narrowerdodo, Raphus cucullatusExtinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
pigeonwild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
sandgrouse, sand grousepigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
solitaire, Pezophaps solitariaExtinct flightless bird related to the dodo
Broadergallinaceous bird, gallinaceanHeavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
Spanishcolumbiforme
Catalancolumbiforme

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