stock dove

noun

A pigeon of species Columba oenas, found in much of Europe, in the family Columbidae.

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stock pigeon
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Meanings

nounstock dove (plural stock doves)

plural stock doves · alternative stock-dove · alternative stockdove

  1. A pigeon of species Columba oenas, found in much of Europe, in the family Columbidae.

    [T]he stock-dove, unalarm'd, / Sits cooing in the pine-tree, nor suspends / His long love-ditty for my near approach.

    1785, William Cowper, The Task, Book VI

    Synonyms: stock pigeon

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA pigeon of species Columba oenas, found in much of Europe, in the family Columbidae.

Similar
stock pigeon
Also see
stock pigeon

Origin

From stock (“tree trunk”) + dove, in reference to the bird's habit of nesting in hollow trees.

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Translations

Basque txoloma
  • txolomastock dove, Columba oenas
Catalan xixella, xixell
  • xixellastock dove, Columba oenas
  • xixellstock dove, Columba oenas
Chinese Mandarin 歐鴿 /欧鸽
  • 歐鴿 /欧鸽 (Ōugē)stock dove, Columba oenas
Czech holub doupňák
  • holub doupňákstock dove, Columba oenas
Danish huldue
  • hulduestock dove, Columba oenas
Dutch holenduif
  • holenduifstock dove, Columba oenas
Esperanto trukolombo, arbokolombo
  • trukolombostock dove, Columba oenas
  • arbokolombostock dove, Columba oenas
Estonian õõnetuvi
  • õõnetuvistock dove, Columba oenas
Finnish uuttukyyhky
  • uuttukyyhkystock dove, Columba oenas
French pigeon colombin
  • pigeon colombinstock dove, Columba oenas
German Hohltaube
  • Hohltaubestock dove, Columba oenas
Greek φασσοπερίστερο
  • φασσοπερίστερο (fassoperístero)stock dove, Columba oenas
Hungarian kék galamb
  • kék galambstock dove, Columba oenas
Icelandic holudúfa
  • holudúfastock dove, Columba oenas
Irish colm gorm
  • colm gormstock dove, Columba oenas
Italian colombella, palombella
  • colombellastock dove, Columba oenas
  • palombellastock dove, Columba oenas
Korean 분홍가슴비둘기
  • 분홍가슴비둘기 (bunhonggaseumbidulgi)stock dove, Columba oenas
Latvian meža balodis
  • meža balodisstock dove, Columba oenas
Lithuanian uldukas
  • uldukasstock dove, Columba oenas
Norwegian Bokmål skogdue
  • skogduestock dove, Columba oenas
Polish siniak, gołąb siniak
  • siniakstock dove, Columba oenas
  • gołąb siniakstock dove, Columba oenas
Portuguese pombo-bravo
  • pombo-bravostock dove, Columba oenas
Romanian porumbel de scorbură
  • porumbel de scorburăstock dove, Columba oenas
Russian кли́нтух
  • кли́нтух (klíntux)stock dove, Columba oenas
Spanish paloma zurita
  • paloma zuritastock dove, Columba oenas
Swedish skogsduva
  • skogsduvastock dove, Columba oenas
Turkish gökçe güvercin
  • gökçe güvercinstock dove, Columba oenas
Ukrainian голуб-синяк, клинтух
  • голуб-синяк (holub-synjak)stock dove, Columba oenas
  • клинтух (klyntux)stock dove, Columba oenas
Welsh colomen wyllt
  • colomen wylltstock dove, Columba oenas
Cite this entry
APA

stock dove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stock%20dove

MLA

“stock dove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stock%20dove. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stock dove,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stock%20dove.

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