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covata — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brood noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
  • 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).
  • hatch noun A small door or opening, often in a floor, ceiling, wall, or vehicle.
  • hatching noun The process of an egg producing young, or a group of animals born from eggs at the same time.

Senses

covata is used for these senses in English:

  • covey A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).
  • covey A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea).
  • hatch (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
  • hatching (zoology) A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.

brood — full definition

  1. noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
  2. noun Informal term for the children of one family.
  3. verb Of a bird, to sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.
  4. verb To dwell unhappily on one's thoughts, often alone.

covey — full definition

  1. noun A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).
  2. noun A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea).
  3. noun A group or party of people; also, a group or set of things.

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