stock dove noun phr. ['stɒk dʌv] ME.[from STOCK noun1 + DOVE noun, prob. so named as nesting in trees (as distinct from rock-dove s.v. ROCK noun1 5). Cf. Flemish stockduive, German Stocktaube.]A wild pigeon,
Columba oenas, of Europe, N. Africa, and central Asia, smaller than the woodpigeon and grey without white markings.
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