> Thinking on this, in hebrew there is no distinction for pigeon and dove, i think in spanish also there is none. Nor is there in science, as both refer to the

> Thinking on this, in hebrew there is no distinction for pigeon and dove, i think in spanish also there is none. Nor is there in science, as both refer to the 300-plus species of birds in the Columbidae family. "Dove" entered English through Nordic languages, "pigeon" entered English from French. Only colloquial English tends to categorize them by size.