stock dove

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

stock doves plural stock-dove alternative stockdove alternative

词源

From stock (“tree trunk”) + dove, in reference to the bird's habit of nesting in hollow trees.
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