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stock doves

stock doves is the plural of stock dove.

Meaning of stock dove

Noun

stock dove (plural stock doves)

  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

Questions about stock doves

What is stock doves the plural of?
Stock doves is the plural of stock dove.

Words near stock doves in the dictionary

  1. stock company
  2. stock control
  3. stock cube
  4. stock cubes
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  7. stock down
  8. stock exchange
  9. stock exchanges
  10. stock footage
  11. stock horse

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