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Dove, river, England

Dove (dŭv), river, c.40 mi (60 km) long, rising in the Pennines, Derbyshire, central England, and flowing S and SE to the River Trent near Burton upon Trent. It forms much of the Derbyshire-Staffordshire boundary. Its watercourse was a haunt of Izaak Walton Walton, Izaak, 1593–1683, English writer. He wrote one of the most famous books in the English language, The Compleat Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation.
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 and still provides fishing. The rocky and wood-bordered Dovedale, below Hartington, is celebrated by artists and poets.

dove, in zoology

dove: see pigeon pigeon, common name for members of the large family Columbidae, land birds, cosmopolitan in temperate and tropical regions, characterized by stout bodies, short necks, small heads, and thick, heavy plumage.
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dove

Any of certain birds of the pigeon family (Columbidae). The names pigeon and dove are often used interchangeably. Though “dove” usually refers to the smaller, long-tailed members of the pigeon family, there are exceptions: the common street pigeon, generally typical for birds designated as pigeons, is frequently called the rock dove. The common names of these birds do not necessarily reflect their accurate biological relationships to one another.


dove
1. any of various birds of the family Columbidae, having a heavy body, small head, short legs, and long pointed wings: order Columbiformes. They are typically smaller than pigeons
2. Politics a person opposed to war
3. 
a. a greyish-brown colour
b. (as adjective) dove walls

dove [dəv]
(vertebrate zoology)
The common name for a number of small birds of the family Columbidae.

Dove [dəv]
(astronomy)

dove
source of afflatus. [Art: Hall, 161]

dove
sent by Noah to see if the waters were abated; returns with an olive leaf. [O.T.: Genesis 8:8–11]
See : Messenger

dove
emblem of peace, tenderness, innocence, and gentleness. [Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 340]
See : Peace


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Analyst Daragh Maher of Calyon bank raised the prospect that "the UK's dovishness (on interest rates) rubs off on him," which could encourage a further lowering of eurozone rates that would be expected to favour the dollar.
Yet what really seemed to divide reviewers of Human Smoke was not Baker's dovishness but his devices: the many short anecdotes and quotations that comprise this book.
Just below the surface unity in support of Israel’s right to self-defense, reactions to the eruption of open warfare have shown a delegation split into several imprecisely defined camps, with Republicans and moderate Democrats roughly lumped together as unconditional Israel hawks, and liberal Democrats—united in their dovishness on Iraq—divided on their degree of support for Israel’s muscular response to the cross-border kidnapping of two soldiers stationed near the Lebanon border.
 
 
 
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