quail : Idioms & Phrases
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bobwhite quail
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noun a popular North American game bird; named for its call
partridge; bobwhite.
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Bustard quail
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noun small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains
button quail; bustard quail; hemipode.
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(Zoöl.) , a small Asiatic quail-like bird of the genus Turnix, asT. taigoor , a black-breasted species, and the hill bustard quail (T. ocellatus ). SeeTurnix .
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Button quail
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noun small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains
button quail; bustard quail; hemipode.
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(Zoöl.) , one of several small Asiatic species of Turnix, asT. Sykesii , which is said to be the smallest game bird of India.
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button-quail
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noun small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains
button quail; bustard quail; hemipode.
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california quail
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noun plump chunky bird of coastal California and Oregon
Lofortyx californicus.
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Marsh quail
(Zoöl.) , the meadow lark.
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migratory quail
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noun the typical Old World quail
Coturnix coturnix; Coturnix communis.
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Mountain quail
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noun California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail
mountain partridge; Oreortyx picta palmeri.
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(Zoöl.) , the plumed partridge (Oreortyx pictus ) of California. It has two long, slender, plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
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old world quail
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noun small game bird with a rounded body and small tail
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quail at
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verb anticipate with dread or anxiety
apprehend.
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quail brush
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noun spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico
Atriplex lentiformis; white thistle; quail brush.
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quail bush
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noun spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico
Atriplex lentiformis; white thistle; quail brush.
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Quail call
- a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net or within range.
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Quail dove
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Zoöl .), any one of several American ground pigeons belonging toGeotrygon and allied genera.
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Quail hawk
(Zoöl.) , the New Zealand sparrow hawk (Hieracidea Novæ-Hollandiæ ).
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Quail pipe
- . See
Quail call , above.
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Quail snipe
(Zoöl.) , the dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; called alsorobin snipe , andbrown snipe .
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Rain quail
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(Zoöl.) SeeQuail , n., 1.
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Sea quail
(Zoöl.) , the turnstone. Local, U. S.
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striped button quail
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noun a variety of button quail having stripes
Turnix sylvatica.
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Virginia quail
(Zoöl.) , the bobwhite.
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Wood quail
(Zoöl.) , any one of several species of East Indian crested quails belonging toRollulus and allied genera, as the red-crested wood quail (R. roulroul ), the male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red hairlike feathers.