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Definition of Dovekies
1. dovekie [n] - See also: dovekie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dovekies
Literary usage of Dovekies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1882)
"The Looms lay their eggs on the bare rocks. The dovekies and ... On February 18th
two or three flocks of dovekies were seen flying to the NW; ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1883)
"Got six dovekies. A bear seen. 11th.—A goose or duck seen. ... Killed during the
month, eight bears, six dovekies. Temperature of the month : mean, ..."
3. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage, and of a by John Ross (1835)
"The weather was very fine, and the dovekies being numerous, we killed some for
our provision. Even at midnight the thermometer was now 48°: it was a great ..."
4. The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, R. N. Knt. to the Arctic Regions by Victory (Ship), Robert Huish (1836)
"A great number of dovekies were shot, for they were so numerous, that two of the
crew were only absent from the tents two hours, and brought home fifty* It ..."
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