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noun
- A pigeon, especially one smaller in size.
- (politics) A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict (as opposed to hawk).
Translations: - Dutch: duif
- French: colombe
- German: Taube
- Italian: colomba , piccione
- Spanish: paloma , pichón (dove's chick)
verb
- (context, chiefly North America) Past tense of to dive.
Translations: - French: plongea
- Italian: tuffò
Etymology: From Old Norse dífa, from Germanic, probably originally imitative of the bird's call. Cognate with Dutch duif, German Taube.
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