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stock dove en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From stock (“tree trunk”) + dove, in reference to the bird's habit of nesting in hollow trees.

Meanings

1. A pigeon of species Columba oenas, found in much of Europe, in the family Columbidae.
   • [T]he stock-dove, unalarm'd, / Sits cooing in the pine-tree, nor suspends / His long love-ditty for my near approach. 1785, William Cowper, The Task, Book VI:

Forms

Synonyms

stock pigeon

Translations (47)

eu txoloma (stock dove, Columba oenas) · uk голуб-синяк (stock dove, Columba oenas) · ko 분홍가슴비둘기 (stock dove, Columba oenas) · nl holenduif (stock dove, Columba oenas) · sv skogsduva (stock dove, Columba oenas) · an sisella (stock dove, Columba oenas) · it colombella (stock dove, Columba oenas) · cmn 歐鴿 /欧鸽 (stock dove, Columba oenas) · pt pombo-bravo (stock dove, Columba oenas) · ro porumbel de scorbură (stock dove, Columba oenas) · gl pomba zura (stock dove, Columba oenas) · cy colomen wyllt (stock dove, Columba oenas) · el φασσοπερίστερο (stock dove, Columba oenas) · fr pigeon colombin (stock dove, Columba oenas) · de Hohltaube (stock dove, Columba oenas) · es paloma zurita (stock dove, Columba oenas) · is holudúfa (stock dove, Columba oenas) · da huldue (stock dove, Columba oenas) · nb skogdue (stock dove, Columba oenas) · ru кли́нтух (stock dove, Columba oenas) · it palombella (stock dove, Columba oenas) · et õõnetuvi (stock dove, Columba oenas) · uk клинтух (stock dove, Columba oenas) · ka გვიძინი (stock dove, Columba oenas) · gl pombo pequeno (stock dove, Columba oenas) · hu kék galamb (stock dove, Columba oenas) · nn skogdue (stock dove, Columba oenas) · ca xixella (stock dove, Columba oenas) · br koulm c'hlas (stock dove, Columba oenas) · xmf გუძინა (stock dove, Columba oenas) · eo trukolombo (stock dove, Columba oenas) · pl siniak (stock dove, Columba oenas) · pl gołąb siniak (stock dove, Columba oenas) · lt uldukas (stock dove, Columba oenas) · sh golub dupljaš (stock dove, Columba oenas) · fo holudúgva (stock dove, Columba oenas) · ka გულიო (stock dove, Columba oenas) · tr gökçe güvercin (stock dove, Columba oenas) · be клінтух (stock dove, Columba oenas) · fi uuttukyyhky (stock dove, Columba oenas) · ca xixell (stock dove, Columba oenas) · eo arbokolombo (stock dove, Columba oenas) · mk гулаб дупкар (stock dove, Columba oenas) · mk планински гулаб (stock dove, Columba oenas) · lv meža balodis (stock dove, Columba oenas) · ga colm gorm (stock dove, Columba oenas) · cs holub doupňák (stock dove, Columba oenas)