bevy

bev·y

(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.]

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bevy

(ˈbɛvɪ)

n, pl bevies

1. (Zoology) a flock of quails

2. a group, esp of girls

3. (Zoology) a group of roedeer

[C15: of uncertain origin]

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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.]

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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.

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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 a bevy of little girls

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bevy

noun

A 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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Translations

essaim

gruppo

bevy

[ˈbevɪ] N [of girls, women] → grupo m; [of birds] → bandada f

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bevy

[ˈbɛvi] n
a bevy of [+ people] → une bande de, une troupe de

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bevy

n (of birds) → Schwarm m; (of girls also) → Schar f

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bevy

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

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