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stock dove
[ duhv ]
/ dÊv /
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noun
a cosmopolitan wild pigeon, Columba oenas, of Europe.
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Origin of stock dove
1300â50; Middle English stokdove; compare German Stocktaube; so called because it nests in hollow tree trunks
Words nearby stock dove
stock certificate,
stock character,
stock clerk,
stock company,
stock dividend,
stock dove,
stocker,
stock exchange,
stock farm,
stockfish,
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How to use stock dove in a sentence
In our headlong quest for a legally perfect society, we donât take the time to take stock of whatâs been created so far.
If his 20s were about traveling and his 30s âabout taking stock,â he hopes his 40s will be about âbuilding and expanding.â
A Fish and Wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.
The obnoxious meddling journalist is a stock character in fiction.
On Friday, the stock market hit new highsâeven as wages were stagnating.
Neither privately owned nor government stock is entitled to voting power.
I didn't take much stock in the yarn at the time, but I'm beginning to think he had it straight.
One day she had heard a man say, "If there is a drought we shall have the devil to pay with our stock before winter is over."
Cotton exchanges reopened on November 16, and stock exchanges opened for restricted trading shortly thereafter.
The white ranchmen in the valley were all fencing in their lands; no more free running of stock.
British Dictionary definitions for stock dove
noun
a European dove, Columba oenas, smaller than the wood pigeon and having a uniformly grey plumage
Word Origin for stock dove
C14: so called because it lives in tree trunks. See stock
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