stock dove
noun
1
: a common European wild pigeon (Columba oenas) resembling the rock pigeon but being darker colored and having the rump gray
2
: an Asiatic dove (Columba eversmanni) related to the European stock dove
Word History
Etymology
Middle English stokdouve, stokdove, from stok stock + douve, dove dove; probably from its living in hollow trees
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- long underwear
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- long view
- long weekend
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- long-and-short work
- long-and-short-haul clause
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