also : a small flock
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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary>1 : a mature bird or pair of birds with a brood of young
EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryExamples
- //A covey of schoolchildren approached.
- //A covey of reporters came to the event.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French covee sitting (of hen), from cover to sit on, brood over, from Latin cubare to lie