bevy

(bĕv'ē)
n., pl., -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.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman bevee.]

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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. See group.

n

Definition: swarm
Antonyms: individual, one

IN BRIEF: A large group.

A bevy of quail suddenly rose out of the bushes, startling the doe and her fawn.

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A flock of birds.

For a list of words related to bevy, see:

• Animal Groups - bevy: group of quail
• Maximizers and Superlatives

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - flok

Nederlands (Dutch)
troep, gezelschap, koppel

Français (French)
n. - bande, troupe, essaim, volée, harde

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schar

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σμήνος, ομάδα, τσούρμο

Italiano (Italian)
branco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - grupo (m) de moças ou mulheres, bando (m) de certos tipos de pássaros

Русский (Russian)
группа, компания, стайка

Español (Spanish)
n. - grupo, bandada, manada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - flock, hop, stim

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
一批, 一团, 一群

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一批, 一團, 一群

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 작은 무리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一団, 群れ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مجموعه ( نساء)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮להקת ציפורים, קבוצה‬

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