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stockdove |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stockdove \Stock"dove`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A common European wild pigeon ({Columba [ae]nas}), 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. Note: The name is applied, also to other related species, as the Indian stockdove ({Palumb[ae]na Eversmanni}).
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