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Covert
ˈkʌvət
Covert definitions
adjective
covert
- not openly acknowledged or displayed
"covert operations against the dictatorship"
secret furtive clandestine surreptitious stealthy cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner hole-in-the-corner closet behind-the-scenes backstairs back-alley under-the-table hugger-mugger concealed hidden private
noun
covert
coverts
- a thicket in which game can hideundergrowth vegetation shrubbery greenery ground cover underwood copsewood brushwood brush scrub underscrub
- a feather covering the base of a main flight or tail feather of a bird
- a flock of coots
"it is a good omen when a covert of coots have taken to any particular locality"