covey
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- noun
- /ˈkʌvi/
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manada
- While walking through the forest, we spotted a covey of quail hiding in the underbrush.
- a covey of quail
- a covey of birds
- dogs find a covey
Examples
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Coming out while you were poised unsteadily on the icy, springy brush made shooting difficult, and I killed two, missed five, and started back pleased to have found a covey close to the house and happy there were so many left to find on another day.
Fiction book (1999) -
But I feel like a hunter with two coveys flushed at once!
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A covey of eight birds ran out in a line from behind one of the peach trees.
Fiction book (2002) -
Realizing as much, my father-in-law gave me the first shot on every covey rise, and perhaps one time out of every three I would score.
Blog text (16) -
It would not do to spook one bird and let the covey escape.
Fiction book (1992) -
Most were whopping coveys of 20 or more birds.
Blog text (16) -
It was a warm day, but we got into a few coveys and had some nice dog work before 10:00.
Blog text (17) -
We flushed a covey of quail under a high bank with overhanging brush, and I killed two as they went out of sight over the top of the bank.
Fiction book (1999) -
Rory squatted, wishing a covey of quail would appear, a mule deer or rattler.
Fiction book (1990) -
The hunter aimed for the covey of partridges that had taken flight.
Synonyms
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1.0
A group of animals like birds or sheep that move together
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word covey comes from an old French word couvée, which meant 'brood', a mother bird with her young. So a covey is a small, close group of birds like quail or partridges.