Bevy Definition & Meaning

bevy
noun
  1. a large gathering of people of a particular type; "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"; "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him"
  2. a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground); "we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks"

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