dove
/dʌv/ noun B2- A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than three hundred species of the family Columbidae.
- A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
- A term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
- A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
Plural doves
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## The Jackdaw and the Doves
A JACKDAW, seeing some Doves in a cote abundantly provided with food, painted himself white and joined them in order to share their plentiful maintenance.
The Doves, as long as he was silent, supposed him to be one of themselves and admitted him to their cote.
Failing to obtain food among the Doves, he returned to the Jackdaws.
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