bevy

bev·y

B0220600 (bĕv′ē) n. pl. bev·ies 1. A group of birds, especially quail. 2. A group or assemblage: a bevy of poets; a bevy of mistakes.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman bevee.]

bevy

(ˈbɛvɪ) n, pl bevies1. (Zoology) a flock of quails2. a group, esp of girls3. (Zoology) a group of roedeer[C15: of uncertain origin]

bev•y

(ˈbɛv i)

n., pl. bev•ies. 1. a group of birds, as larks or quail, or animals, as roebuck, in close association. 2. a large group or collection: a bevy of sailors. [1400–50; late Middle English bevey, of obscure orig.]

Bevy

 a drinking company; an assembly or collection. See also covey, flight, flock, herd, swarm.Examples: bevy of beauties, of bright damsels, 1725; of conies, 1486; of fair women, 1667; of fairies, 1603; of girls; of ladies, 1470; of larks, 1470; of maids of honour, 1808; of otter; of powdered coxcombs, 1765; of quails, 1630; of renegades, 1848; of roes [six head of roe deer], 1470; of slaves, 1611; of swans.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bevy - a large gathering of people of a particular type; "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"; "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him"assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
	2.	bevy - a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground); "we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks"quail - small gallinaceous game birdsflock - a group of birds

bevy

noun group, company, set, party, band, crowd, troop, pack, collection, gathering, gang, bunch (informal), cluster, congregation, clump, troupe, posse (slang), clique, coterie, assemblage a bevy of little girls

bevy

nounA number of individuals making up or considered a unit:array, band, batch, body, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, group, knot, lot, party, set.

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