quail : Idioms & Phrases

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bobwhite quail

  • noun a popular North American game bird; named for its call
    partridge; bobwhite.
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Bustard quail

  • 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, as T. taigoor, a black-breasted species, and the hill bustard quail (T. ocellatus). See Turnix.
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Button quail

  • 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, as T. Sykesii, which is said to be the smallest game bird of India.
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button-quail

  • 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

  • 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

  • noun the typical Old World quail
    Coturnix coturnix; Coturnix communis.
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Mountain quail

  • 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

  • noun small game bird with a rounded body and small tail
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quail at

  • verb anticipate with dread or anxiety
    apprehend.
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quail brush

  • 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

  • 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

  • (Zoöl.), any one of several American ground pigeons belonging to Geotrygon 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 also robin snipe, and brown snipe.
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Rain quail

  • . (Zoöl.) See Quail, n., 1.
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Sea quail

  • (Zoöl.), the turnstone. Local, U. S.
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striped button quail

  • 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 to Rollulus 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.
Webster 1913