Usually means: Groups of birds or people.
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  1. coveys: Merriam-Webster
  2. coveys: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. coveys: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. Covey's, coveys: Wordnik
  6. Coveys, coveys: Wiktionary
  7. coveys: Dictionary.com
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(Note: See covey as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Covey)

noun:  A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).
noun:  (by extension)
noun:  A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea).
noun:  (figurative) A group or party of people; also, a group or set of things.
verb:  (intransitive) To gather into a group.
noun:  (British, familiar, slang, dated) A male person, a man; a chap, a chappie.
noun:  A surname from Irish.
▸ Also see covey


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