bevy

bevy
    n 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"
    

Bevy \Bev"y\, n.; pl. {Bevies}. [Perhaps orig. a drinking
   company, fr. OF. bev['e]e (cf. It. beva) a drink, beverage;
   then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last
   applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc. See {Beverage}.]
   1. A company; an assembly or collection of persons,
      especially of ladies.
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            What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here ! --Beau.
                                                  & Fl.
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   2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd
      of roes.
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      clutter, cohort, company, complement, contingent, corps, coterie,
      covey, crew, crowd, detachment, detail, division, faction, fleet,
      flight, flock, flocks, gaggle, gang, group, grouping, groupment,
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      regiment, rout, ruck, salon, scores, set, shoal, skein, spring,
      squad, stable, string, swarm, team, throng, tidy sum, tribe, troop,
      troupe, watch, wing, worlds of