stockdove

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noun (Zoöl.) A common European wild pigeon (Columba ænas), 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.

noun A common European wild pigeon (Columba aenas).
noun Any of various related species, such as the Indian stockdove (Palumbaena eversmanni).

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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Thou stockdove whose echo resounds thro the glen, 5

Song-Sweet Afton 1909
His dread was lest she should think fit to return to Alderworth, and in that dread his eyes, with all the inquisitiveness of affection, frequently sought her face when she was not observing him, as he would have watched the head of a stockdove to learn if it contemplated flight.

The Return of the Native 1878
Buffon enumerates upwards of thirty varieties of the pigeon, which he derives from one root, — viz. the stockdove, or common wild pigeon.

The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
The wild pigeon, or stockdove, is the parent whence all the varieties of the domestic pigeon are derived.

The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
The stockdove, in its wild state, is still found in some parts of

The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
The wild pigeon, or stockdove, is the parent whence all the varieties of the domestic pigeon are derived.

The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
Buffon enumerates upwards of thirty varieties of the pigeon, which he derives from one root, — viz. the stockdove, or common wild pigeon.

The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
The stockdove, in its wild state, is still found in some parts of

The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861