Associations to the word «Dovekie»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

DOVEKIE, noun. A small back and white seabird, of the genus Alle, of the north Atlantic; the little auk.

Dictionary definition

DOVEKIE, noun. Small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats