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rock dove

/ɹɒk dʌv/

rock dove noun: the dove/pigeon species Columba livia.

rock dove: the dove/pigeon species Columba livia
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Noun

rock dove (plural rock doves)

  1. The dove/pigeon species Columba livia.
    Synonyms:
    rock pigeon

rock dove meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Arabic and Persian

rock dove in Tamil

பாறைப்புறா, மலைப்புறா, மாடப்புறா

rock dove in Malayalam

Columba livia
മാടപ്പ്രാവ് māṭapprāvŭ

rock dove in Arabic

Columba livia
حَمَام طُورَانِيّ ḥamām ṭūrāniyy, حَمَام أَزْرَق ḥamām ʔazraq

rock dove in Persian

Columba livia
کبوتر چاهی kabutar čâhi

Synonyms of rock dove

Forms of rock dove

pluralrock doves

Questions about rock dove

What does rock dove mean?
Rock dove means the dove/pigeon species Columba livia.
What is rock dove in Tamil?
Rock dove in Tamil is பாறைப்புறா, மலைப்புறா, மாடப்புறா. See Rock dove meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rock dove?
Rock dove is a noun.
How do you pronounce rock dove?
Rock dove is pronounced /ɹɒk dʌv/.
What is the plural of rock dove?
The plural of rock dove is rock doves.

Words near rock dove in the dictionary

  1. Rock Creek
  2. rock crystal
  3. rock crystals
  4. Rock Day
  5. rock dots
  6. rock dove
  7. rock doves
  8. rock drill
  9. rock drills
  10. rock eel
  11. rock eels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rock dove (page history and authors); rock dove (Tamil 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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