
[Middle English, from Old French covee, brood, from feminine past participle of cover, to incubate, from Latin cubāre, to lie down.]
The dog roused the covey of quail while searching for the ball in the bushes.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - agerhøneflok, lille flok mennesker, lille samling af ting
Nederlands (Dutch)
vlucht (patrijzen), groepje
Français (French)
n. - volée de perdrix, (fig) groupe
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σμήνος, κοπάδι, (μτφ.) παρέα
Português (Portuguese)
n. - ninhada (f), pequeno grupo (m) de pessoas (fig.)
Русский (Russian)
выводок, стайка
Español (Spanish)
n. - nidada, grupo, bandada
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kull, flock, hop
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
群, 一队, 一群
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 群, 一隊, 一群
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 한 배의 병아리, 무리, 가족
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 親子連れの鳥の一群, 一団
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) سرب من الطيور
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - להקת-ציפורים
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