English Explanatory Dictionary

stockdove

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A common European wild pigeon (Columba oenas).
  2. Any of various related species, such as the yellow-eyed pigeon (Columba eversmanni) or wood pigeon.

Word forms

stockdove stockdoves stock dove stock-dove

Etymology

From stock + dove, because once believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or perhaps from its breeding in the stocks (trunks) of trees.

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