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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--bevy bevy (BEV-ee) noun 1. A group of birds or animals, especially larks, quail, or roe buck. 2. A group or collection. [From Middle English bevey.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. "A bevy of birds, winging silently across the sky on a clear moonless night, is like a shipful of sailors in the middle of the sea." Kathy Wollard; They're No Birdbrains On a Trip; Newsday (New York); Jun 24, 1997. This week's theme: collective nouns. X-Bonus Learning is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. -Chinese Proverb

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