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Stockdove
Stock′doveˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A common European wild pigeon (
Columba aenas
), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, of trees. ☞ The name is applied, also, to other related species, as the Indian stockdove (
Palumbaena Eversmanni
). Definition 2024
stockdove
stockdove
See also: stock dove
English
A stockdove (Columba oenas)
Alternative forms
Noun
stockdove (plural stockdoves)
- A common European wild pigeon (Columba oenas).
- Any of various related species, such as the Indian stockdove (Palumbaena eversmanni).