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Encyclopedia > Dove (disambiguation)

The word Dove may refer to several things:

Three different rivers are called River Dove In biology, a species is, loosely speaking, a group of related organisms that share a more or less distinctive form and are capable of interbreeding. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Pigeon redirects here. ... Genera Subfamily Columbinae Columba Nesoenas Streptopelia Macropygia Reinwardtoena Turacoena Turtur Oena Chalcophaps Henicophaps Phaps Ocyphaps Geophaps Petrophassa Geopelia Leucosarcia Zenaida Ectopistes (extinct) Columbina Claravis Metropelia Scardafella Uropelia Leptotila Geotrygon Starnoenas Caloenas Gallicolumba Trugon Microgoura (extinct?) Subfamily Otidiphabinae Otidiphaps Subfamily Gourinae Goura Subfamily Didunculinae Didunculus Subfamily Treroninae Phapitreron Treron Ptilinopus Drepanoptila... This article is about the concept in marketing. ... SOAP is a standard for exchanging XML-based messages over a computer network, normally using HTTP. SOAP forms the foundation layer of the web services stack, providing a basic messaging framework that more abstract layers can build on. ... Dove is a soap and personal care brand owned by Unilever. ... The word crater may refer to A landform resembling a pit or depression in the topography that can be formed in several ways: speculation exists that a meteorite impact with another body can cause an impact crater, an electrical discharge on any scale tends to form circular craters, volcanic activity... Doves is a British indie rock band from Manchester, England. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... The Dove Awards, created in 1969 by the Gospel Music Association to honor the outstanding achievements in contemporary Christian and gospel music, are held annually in Nashville, Tennessee. ... DJ Dove is an internationally known House music DJ/Producer from New Jersey. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Basel Dove 1845 The Basel Dove is a notable stamp from Switzerland. ... A stamp is a distinctive mark or impression made upon an object, for instance those made on a piece of paper and used to indicate the prepayment of a fee or tax. ... In World War II, Operation Dove (Allies, 1944) was the glider-borne assault conducted as part of the invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon) on 15 August 1944. ... Operation Dragoon was the Allied invasion of southern France, on 15 August 1944, as part of World War 2. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... A dove prism is a type of reflective prism which is used to invert an image. ...

Several persons are called Dove: The River Dove, Derbyshire is the principal river of the south-western Peak District, in the English Midlands. ... The River Dove is a river in the county of Suffolk. ...


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Dove - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (1111 words)
In ornithological practice there is a tendency for "dove" to be used for smaller species and "pigeon" for larger ones, but this is in no way consistently applied, and historically the common names for these birds involve much variation between "dove" and "pigeon".
Doves are Kosher, and they and Turtle Doves are the only birds that may be used for a Korban.
Dove is a brand of American ice cream; their "Dove Bar", featuring a vanilla ice cream filling with a thin chocolate coating, is particularly well known.
Dove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (782 words)
Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.
Doves are often associated with the concept of peace and pacifism.
A molecular phylogeny of the dove genera Streptopelia and Columba; Auk 118, 4 (2001): 874-887
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