(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

(chiefly Canada, US and England dialect) Strong simple past tense of dive / (nonstandard) past participle of dive

A river in England, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire. / An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.

plural of dove

(rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a dove; dovelike.

The dove/pigeon species Columba livia.

Any of several (species of) birds, called by this traditional name, mainly in the genus Streptopelia, of the family Columbidae (doves and pigeons, which also included the extinct passenger pigeon, dodo, and solitaire).

A small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.

Alternative spelling of turtle dove

A grey-coloured dove, Zenaida macroura, that has a mournful call, native to North America