covert

1. Secret or hidden;
   Not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed (synset 301710108)
   "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
   also:

   • implicit, inexplicit - implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something
   • concealed - hidden on any grounds for any motive
   • invisible, unseeable - impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye
   similar to:

   • backstair, backstairs, furtive - secret and sly or sordid
   • black - (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
   • clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground - conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
   • secret - indulging only covertly
   • collusive, conniving - acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
   • cloaked, disguised, masked - having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
   • secret - communicated covertly
   • behind-the-scenes, sub-rosa, under-the-table - designed and carried out secretly or confidentially
   • subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior - lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
   • under wraps - kept secret
   • undisclosed, unrevealed - not made known
2. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband (synset 301891713)
   "a woman covert"
   referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
   similar to: protected - kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss

1. A flock of coots (synset 108008222)
   is a type of: flock - a group of birds
   member holonym: coot - slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
2. A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something (synset 104159023)
   "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"
   is a type of: covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
   subtypes:

   • blind - a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
   • camouflage - device or stratagem for concealment or deceit
   • shoji - a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper
   • stalking-horse - screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
   same as: concealment, cover, screen

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