Definitions for: Stockdove

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Note: The name is applied, also, to other related species, as
the Indian stockdove (Palumb[ae]na Eversmanni).