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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An old name of the common migratory quail of Europe; specifically, the Perdix coturnix, generically Coturnix communis, vulgaris, or dactylisonans.
  • noun [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of quails, of which C. communis is the type.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a genus of birds comprising the Old World quail.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun Old World quail

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin coturnīx, quail.]

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