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covey (kuv′ē)

noun pl. coveys -·eys

  1. a small flock or brood of birds, esp. partridges or quail
  2. a small group of people or, sometimes, things

Etymology: ME < OFr covée, a brood < cover, to sit on, hatch < L cubare, to lie down: see cube

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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