a. [f. L. columba dove + -ACEOUS.] Of the nature of a dove or a pigeon; pertaining to the sub-order Columbacei.
1693. Phil. Trans., XVII. 930. Such as have shorter and lesser Bills, as the Gallinaceous and Columbaceous kinds.
1872. H. A. Nicholson, Palæont., II. 263. In the Miocene period occur the remains of Gallinaceous and Columbaceous birds.
