bevy \BEV-ee\, noun:
1. A group; an assembly or collection.
2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.
Bevy comes from Middle English bevey. It perhaps originally signified a drinking company, possibly deriving from Old French beivre, "to drink," from Latin bibere.
1. A group; an assembly or collection.
2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.
Bevy comes from Middle English bevey. It perhaps originally signified a drinking company, possibly deriving from Old French beivre, "to drink," from Latin bibere.
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