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What is the difference between a bevy of quail and a covey of quail?
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∙ 13y ago
I think it means flocks of quail.
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What is another name for a flock of quail?
Covey of quail
What is a flock of quail called?
A "flock" of quail is called a "Covey". A covey can be made of 3 to 20 quail or higher. Hope this answers your question!!!
What is a quail family called?
bevy (bev′ē) noun pl. bevies bev′·ies # a group, esp. of girls or women # a flock: now said chiefly of quail # any group or collection http://www.yourdictionary.com/bevy
What do you call a group of quails?
A group of quails is called a covey, a bevy, or a drift.
Where does a covey of quail live?
Quail nest in tall grasses and are ground foragers. They prefer sparse grasses in Long-leaf Pine forests on sand ridges.
What is the name for a flock of quail?
A covey is a flock of quail, also a bevyFrom Answers.com"A family or small flock of birds, especially partridge or quail...from Old French covee, brood"
What is a group of quails called?
A group of quails is called a covey. Members of a covey often forage for food together and seek protection in numbers from predators.
How would you use bevy in a sentence?
A veritable bevy of beauties awaits within! A bevy of quail was flushed from their cover by a bevy of otters!
What is the collective form of bevy?
Bevy is the collective form, as in Bevy of maidens, bevy of otter, bevy of quail, bevy of roe deer, bevy of swans. A bevy is a large group of people or things of a particular kind
Do quail flock together in a cadre?
Yes, it is called a bevy.
What is the meaning of covey?
A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges., A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls., To brood; to incubate., A pantry.
What do you call a group of partridge?
The collective nouns for partridges are:a bevy of partridgesa bew of partridgesa clutch of partridgesa covey of partridgesa cover of partridgesa family of partridgesa pack of partridgesa warren of partridges
