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Covey
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Meaning
Noun
●
A
brood
or family of
partridges
(family Phasianidae), which includes
game birds
such as
grouse
(tribe Tetraonini) and
ptarmigans
(tribe Tetraonini,
genus
Lagopus).
●
A group of other
birds
, such as
quail
(superfamily Phasianoidea).
●
A group or
party
of people; also, a group or set of things.
●
In British English:
A
male
person, a
man
; a
chap
, a
chap
pie.
Verb
●
To
gather
into a group.
Name
●
A
surname
from Irish.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
covey
English
-y
English
-y
Middle English (1100-1500)
cove
English
cofa
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
covee
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
cubo
Latin
cubus
Latin
κύβος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Covie
Bloke
Cove
Fellow
Guy
Man
Related
Evoke
Peirce
Foster
Gage
Kern
Express
Rouse
Pierce
Smith
Wright
Conveying
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Taylor
Kelly
Gardner
Scott
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Buttress
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Coleman
Jackson
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Levitt
Jones
Gordon
Thompson
Fitzgerald
Hoffman
Holmes
Emphasise
Verbalize
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Greene
Emerson
Brown
Roberts
Visualise
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Harrison
Lewis
Robinson
Ellis
Keller
Mann
Anderson
Armstrong
Articulate
Turner
Mimic
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