bevy

bevy
/bev"ee/, n., pl. bevies.
1. a group of birds, as larks or quail, or animals, as roebuck, in close association.
2. a large group or collection: a bevy of boisterous sailors.
[1400-50; late ME bevey, of obscure orig.]
Syn. 1. covey, flight; brood. 2. assembly, company.

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