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Preferred term

Columbidae  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dove
  • Doves
  • Pigeon
  • Pigeons

Scope note

  • Family in the order COLUMBIFORMES, comprised of pigeons or doves. They are BIRDS with short legs, stout bodies, small heads, and slender bills. Some sources call the smaller species doves and the larger pigeons, but the names are interchangeable.

History note

  • 2005 (1968)

In other languages

  • kyyhkyt

    Finnish

  • Columbidae
  • kyyhkyjen heimo
  • Duvor

    Swedish

  • Stadsduvor
  • Tamduvor

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010856

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