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covey
[covey 词源字典]
covey:
see
incubate
[covey etymology, covey origin, 英语词源]
covey (n.)
mid-14c., "brood of partridges," from Middle French
covée
"brood" (Modern French
couvée
), from Gallo-Roman
*cubata
, literally "hatchling," from past participle stem of Latin
cubare
"to sit, incubate, hatch" (see
incubation
).