stock dove in British English
noun
a European dove, Columba oenas, smaller than the wood pigeon and having a uniformly grey plumage
Word origin
C14: so called because it lives in tree trunks. See stockstock dove in American English
a European pigeon (Columba oenas)
Word origin
ME stockdowe: see , stock (sense 1) & dove1: it nests in hollow treesImage ofstock dove
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Word lists withstock dove
bird- in the shadow of
- in-the-shadow-of
- in the shadow of sth
- in the shape of
- in the shape of a heart
- in the shed
- in the shit
- in the shit/in deep shit
- in-the-shit-in-deep-shit
- in the short/long term
- in the short run
- in the singular
- in the sixties
- in the slightest
- in the soup
- in the spotlight
- in (the) spring
- in the strict(est) sense of the word
- in (the) summer
- in the sun/rain
- in the swim
- put upon someone
- put up the shutters
- put up to
- put up with