STOCK DOVE


Meaning of STOCK DOVE in English

/duv/

a cosmopolitan wild pigeon, Columba oenas, of Europe.

[ 1300-50; ME stokdove; cf. G Stocktaube; so called because it nests in hollow tree trunks ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .