Stockdove

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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