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Nye

/naɪ/

A brood or flock of pheasants.

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A brood or flock of pheasants.

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sinainoun	A mountain in Sinai Peninsula; the location where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments from God.
nidenoun	(archaic) A nest of pheasants.
coveynoun	(by extension) (figurative) A group or party of people; also, a group or set of things.
pheasantnoun	(countable) A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.
peahennoun	A female peafowl.
peacock-pheasantnoun	Synonym of pea-pheasant.
broodnoun	The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
broodlingnoun	a member of a brood, as of animals
congregationnoun	A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).
feathernoun	A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
pea-pheasantnoun	A peacock-like pheasant of the genus Polyplectron.
clutchnoun	A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
blood partridgenoun	Synonym of blood pheasant.
peafowlnoun	A bird of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).
parcelnoun	A package wrapped for shipment.
fowlnoun	A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae.
gallopheasantnoun	Any of the pheasants in the genus Lophura of the family Phasianidae.
flocknoun	A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
birdnoun	An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
nyasnoun	(obsolete) an eyas (a fledgling falcon)