columba fasciata

1. 1.

   wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon

   Synonymsband-tailed pigeonband-tail pigeonbandtail

   Broaderpigeon

   Part ofColumba

Questions about columba fasciata

What does columba fasciata mean?

columba fasciata means "wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon".

What is another word for columba fasciata?

Close synonyms include band-tailed pigeon, band-tail pigeon, bandtail. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is columba fasciata a common word?

columba fasciata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.