a bevy of birds
A group of animals, especially quail, roe deer or other game.
- Subject
- bird (birds)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Beuy (1486)
Collective noun
bevy
Also spelled Beuy (1486)
What do you call a group of birds, ladies, quail or 2 others?
- Used for
- 5 subjects
- Categories
- Animals, People
- Subcategories
- Birds, General, Mammals
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- A group of animals, especially quail, roe deer or other game.
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Beuy of ladyes”.
Other senses of the word: bevy on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a bevy of ladies
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Beuy of ladyes”.
- Subject
- lady (ladies)
- Category
- People → General
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Beuy (1486)
a bevy of quail
- Subject
- quail (quail)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Beuy (1486)
7 sources
- Wikipedia - List of animal names
- Zoological Society of San Diego - Animal group names
- U.S. Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center - Common Questions: What Do You Call a Group of...?
- Elliot Stock - The Boke of Saint Albans
- Oxford Dictionaries - What do you call a group of ...?
- J. White - The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
- Book of Saint Albans (1486) - The companyes of bestys & foules
a bevy of roe deer
A group of animals, especially quail, roe deer or other game.
- Subject
- roe deer (roe deer)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Beuy (1486)
a bevy of swans
- Subject
- swan (swans)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Beuy (1486)