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bev·y  (bv)

n. pl. bev·ies

1. A group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail. See Synonyms at flock¹.

2. A group or an assemblage: a bevy of beauties.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman bevee.]

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bevy

Noun

pl bevies a flock; a group [origin unknown]

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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 birds flock - a group of birds

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bevy

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

Translations

bevy [ˈbɛvɪ] n a bevy of → una bandada de

bevy [ˈbɛvɪ] n a bevy of → un essaim or une volée de

bevy [ˈbɛvɪ] n a bevy of → eine Schar +gen

bevy [ˈbɛvɪ] n a bevy of → una banda di