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stock dove definition

stock dove

a European pigeon (Columba oenas)

Etymology: ME stockdowe: see stock, & dove: it nests in hollow trees

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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