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 Ant and the Dove
A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked a leaf and let it fall into the stream close to her.
Shortly afterwards a birdcatcher came and stood under the tree, and laid his lime-twigs for the Dove, which sat in the branches.
In pain the birdcatcher threw down the twigs, and the noise made the Dove take wing.
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