doocot

D2O1O1C3O1T1

noun

dovecote

Scrabble 9

Meanings

noundoocot (plural doocots)

plural doocots

  1. Scotlanddovecote

    The rock dove has so interbred with the feral pigeons from doocots and racing pigeon lofts that, as a pure species, it may possibly now be extinct in Britain.

    2009 January 29, Ray Collier, “Country diary”, in The Guardian

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Origin

  1. Scots-
  2. Scots-
  3. Englishdoocot

Borrowed from Scots.

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APA

doocot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doocot

MLA

“doocot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doocot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doocot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doocot.

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