Any bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.

A minor river, the River Coly, in East Devon, England, which joins the River Axe near Colyford.

plural of coly

(often attributive, bacteriology) Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.

A surname.

plural of Colyer

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Colydiidae, now considered to be the zopherid subfamily Colydiinae.

Any member of the Colymbidae, an obsolete family made up of two groups of birds that are now known to be unrelated: the grebes (modern Podicipedidae) and the loons/divers (modern Gaviidae).

plural of colydiid

plural of colymbid