The Collaborative International Dictionary
Columba aenas
Stockdove \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).