Columba :: Columba (n.) See Calumba.

Columbae :: Columbae (n. pl.) An order of birds, including the pigeons..

Columbaria :: Columbaria (pl. ) of Columbariu.

Columbaries :: Columbaries (pl. ) of Columbar.

Columbarium :: Columbarium (n.) A dovecote or pigeon house.

Columbarium :: Columbarium (n.) A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.

Columbary :: Columbary (n.) A dovecote; a pigeon house.

Columbate :: Columbate (n.) A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See Columbium.

Columbatz Fly :: Columbatz fly () See Buffalo fly, under Buffalo..

Columbella :: Columbella (n.) A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money..

Columbia :: Columbia (n.) America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer..

Columbiad :: Columbiad (n.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation..

Columbian :: Columbian (a.) Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America..

Columbic :: Columbic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic..

Columbic :: Columbic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root..

Columbier :: Columbier (n.) See Colombier.

Columbiferous :: Columbiferous (a.) Producing or containing columbium.

Columbin :: Columbin (n.) A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See Calumbin..

Columbine :: Columbine (a.) Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.

Columbine :: Columbine (n.) A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia; as, A. vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; A. Canadensis, the wild red columbine of North America..

Columbine :: Columbine (n.) The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.

Columbite :: Columbite (n.) A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in New England..

Columbium :: Columbium (n.) A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called niobium..

Columbo :: Columbo (n.) See Calumba.

Columella :: Columella (n.) An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens..

Columella :: Columella (n.) A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses.

Columella :: Columella (n.) A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear..

Columella :: Columella (n.) The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells.

Columella :: Columella (n.) The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.

Columelliform :: Columelliform (a.) Shaped like a little column, or columella..

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