n. pl. bev·ies
1. A group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail. Synonym flock.
2. A group or an assemblage: a bevy of beauties.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman bevee.]
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L-R Patricia Ellis, Jeanne Madden, Jean Muir and Marie Wilson 1936
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