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flock - a group of birds |
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animal group a group of animals
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bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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bevy a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground); "we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks"
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covert a flock of coots
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covey a small flock of grouse or partridge
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exaltation a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)
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gaggle a flock of geese
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wisp a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair"
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flight a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago"
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flock - a group of sheep or goats |
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fold |
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animal group a group of animals
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sheep woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
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flock - a church congregation guided by a pastor |
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congregation,
faithful,
fold the act of congregating
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flock - move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears" |
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go,
locomote,
move,
travel be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
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