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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: covey (0.00954 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to covey.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: covey
kawanan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: covey
covey
n 1: a small collection of people
2: a small flock of grouse or partridge
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Covey
Covey
\Cov"ey\ (k?v"?), n. [OF. cov?e, F. couv?e, fr. cover, F.
couver, to sit or brood on, fr. L. cubare to lie down; cf. E.
incubate. See
Cubit, and cf.
Cove to brood.]
1. 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. --Darwin.
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2. A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. --Addison.
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Covey
\Cov"ey\, v. i.
To brood; to incubate. [Obs.]
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[Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch.
--Holland.
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Covey
\Cov"ey\, n.
A pantry. [Prov. Eng.] --Parker.
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