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dove

გამოთქმა: /dʌv/

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  • 1a stocky bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, feeding on seeds or fruit. Doves are generally smaller and more delicate than pigeons, but many kinds have been given both names.
    • Family Columbidae: numerous genera and species; white doves are a variety of the domestic pigeon
  • Family Columbidae: numerous genera and species; white doves are a variety of the domestic pigeon
  • 2a person who advocates peaceful or conciliatory policies, especially in foreign affairs: he was the cabinet’s leading dove, the only minister to advocate peace talksCompare with hawk1 (sense 2 of the noun).
  • 3 (Dove) (in Christian art and poetry) the Holy Spirit (as represented in John 1:32).

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dovish

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