BEVY
Dictionary entry overview: What does bevy mean? • BEVY (noun)
The noun BEVY has 2 senses:
1. a group of girls or young women
2. a flock of quail
Familiarity information: BEVY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BEVY (noun)
Meaning:
A group of girls or young women
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("bevy" is a kind of...):
assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)
Meaning:
A flock of quail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("bevy" is a kind of...):
flock (a group of birds)
Meronyms (members of "bevy"):
quail (small gallinaceous game birds)
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