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for Stockdove
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Stockdove \Stock"dove`\, n. (Zool.)
A common European wild pigeon ({Columba aenas), so called
because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic
pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the
stocks, or trunks, of trees.
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Note: The name is applied, also, to other related species, as
the Indian stockdove ({Palumbaena Eversmanni).
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