a covert of coots
- Subject
- coot (coots)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Couerte (1486)
Collective noun
covert
Also spelled Couerte (1486)
What do you call a group of coots?
a covert of coots
- Used for
- 1 subject
- Categories
- Animals
- Subcategories
- Birds
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Couerte of cootes”.
Other senses of the word: covert on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
Related words
No other collective nouns recorded for these subjects.