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[-bee] for 2. | 1. | Saint, a.d. 521–597, Irish missionary in Scotland. |
| 2. | Also called Columba Noae [noh-ee] . Astronomy. the Dove, or Noah's Dove, a southern constellation between Caelum and Canis Major. |
| Co·lum·ba (kə-lŭm'bə) n. A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Caelum and Puppis. Also called Dove. [Latin columba, dove.] |
| Columba also Col·um (kŭl'əm) Irish missionary who established a monastery on the island of Iona and subsequently Christianized northern Scotland. |
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