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dovekie

/ˈdʌvki/

dovekie noun: a small black and white seabird, of the genus Alle, of the north Atlantic; the little auk.

dovekie: a small black and white seabird, of the genus Alle, of the north Atlantic; the little auk
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Noun

dovekie (plural dovekies)

  1. A small black and white seabird, of the genus Alle, of the north Atlantic; the little auk.

dovekie meaning in Bengali

dovekie in Bengali

লিটল অক

Forms of dovekie

pluraldovekies

Origin of dovekie

From dove + -ock + -ie, a double diminutive.

Questions about dovekie

What does dovekie mean?
Dovekie means a small black and white seabird, of the genus Alle, of the north Atlantic; the little auk.
What is dovekie in Bengali?
Dovekie in Bengali is লিটল অক. See Dovekie meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is dovekie?
Dovekie is a noun.
How do you pronounce dovekie?
Dovekie is pronounced /ˈdʌvki/.
What is the plural of dovekie?
The plural of dovekie is dovekies.

Words near dovekie in the dictionary

  1. dovehouses
  2. doveish
  3. doveishly
  4. dovekey
  5. dovekeys
  6. dovekie
  7. dovekies
  8. Dovel
  9. dovelet
  10. dovelets
  11. dovelike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dovekie (page history and authors); dovekie (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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