- Columba aenas
- Stockdove Stock"dove`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A common European wild pigeon ({Columba [ae]nas}), 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is applied, also, to other related species, as the Indian stockdove ({Palumb[ae]na Eversmanni}). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.