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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Columbidae .
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Examples
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Geopelia striata, and the curious bronze-coloured magpie,
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Among birds, the small ground-dove, Geopelia striata, and the curious bronze-coloured magpie, Crypsirhina varians, are common to Java and Siam; while there are in Java species of Pteruthius, Arrenga, Myiophonus, Zoothera,
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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The range of the Speckled Dove (Geopelia cuneata), so common on the
Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832
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This bird also frequents the banks of the Darling and the Murray, but is not so common as Geopelia cuneata.
Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832
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