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Columbae   Listen
noun
Columbae  n. pl.  (Zool.) An order of birds, including the pigeons.






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"Columbae" Quotes from Famous Books



... the same kind, and from different parts of the world, are often cased together, but this is open to criticism, unless you avowedly wish to illustrate the whole order for purposes of reference, as in the instance of, say, the Columbae (pigeons). Pairs of birds are the most effective, if the idea of the ...
— Practical Taxidermy • Montagu Browne

... opobalsama nimbos; Et genialis odor Aspirat quoties, nutantibus hinc atque illinc Ingruit aura comit. Surge; quid indignos ducis per taedia soles? Surge, age, cara soror. Ecce tuis ipsae iam circum fraena columbae Ingemuere moris. Huc age, formosas formosior ipsa columbas Hospita ...
— The Odes of Casimire, Translated by G. Hils • Mathias Casimire Sarbiewski

... regunt Saraceni, qui vio lenter eam acceperunt, et subiacent imperio regis Daldili. Ibi sunt diuersa genera bestiarum, leones nigri in maxima quantitate: sunt et ibi simiae, gatimaymones, et noctuae magnae sicut hic habentur columbae; ibi mures magni sunt, sicut sunt hic scepi, et ideo canes capiunt ibi mures, quia murelegi non valent. Ad haec, in illa terra quilibet homo habet ante domum suam vnum pedem fasciculorum, ita magnum sicut esset vna columna, et pes ille non desiccatur, dummodo adhibeatur sibi aqua. Multae ...
— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, - and Discoveries of The English Nation, Volume 9 - Asia, Part 2 • Richard Hakluyt



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