Producing or bearing doves; dove-bearing or resembling a dove.
From Latin 'columba' (dove) plus '-ferous' (bearing or producing), a suffix seen in 'coniferous' (cone-bearing) and 'carboniferous' (carbon-bearing). The suffix comes from Latin 'ferre' (to carry).
The '-ferous' suffix is brilliant for describing what something produces—coniferous trees make cones, carboniferous rocks contain carbon, and something columbiferous produces or features doves, making technical language almost poetic!
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