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Definition of: covert
(kuv′ərt) adjective
1. Concealed; secret.
2. Sheltered.
3. Law Under protection or authority, as a married woman. See synonyms under SECRET.
—noun
1. Something that shelters, defends, or conceals.
2. A shady place or thicket.
3. plural Ornithol. Feathers overlying the bases of the quills of a bird's wings and tail. See illustration under BIRD, FOWL. See synonyms under REFUGE. [<OF, pp. of covrir COVER]
—cov′ert·ly adverb
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