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stock dove

[ duhv ]
/ dʌv /

noun

a cosmopolitan wild pigeon, Columba oenas, of Europe.

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Origin of stock dove

1300–50; Middle English stokdove; compare German Stocktaube; so called because it nests in hollow tree trunks

Words nearby stock dove

stock character, stock clerk, stock company, stock culture, stock dividend, stock dove, stocker, stock exchange, stock farm, stockfish, stock footage
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British Dictionary definitions for stock dove

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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