bobwhite
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- noun
- /ˈbɑːbˌhwaɪt/
- US
:
codorniz bobwhite
- Bobwhites roost in a circle for protection.
- bobwhite quail
- bobwhite hunting
- wild bobwhite
Examples
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I could hear turkeys and bobwhites calling.
Academic text (2005) -
All day, bobwhites whistled; at dusk, the whippoorwills pulsated messages from the pines behind the house.
Fiction book (1996) -
The male bobwhite quail has a white strip along its head; the female has a tan one.
Fiction book (1998) -
A pair of bobwhites called their identical three-word messages back and forth from the field to the woods.
Fiction book (1997) -
Bobwhite quail chicks spend less time eating when fire ants are present because they are trying to avoid being stung.
Academic text (1994) -
Dad was an avid hunter, mainly upland birds, bobwhite quail in particular.
Blog text (6) -
Concerned that bobwhite quail might be on their way toward extinction, Donald volunteered for the Texas Quail Index.
Academic text (2003) -
Only last week, a family of bobwhites came waddling from behind two bushes and disappeared around a tree: a mother the size of a chicken and three babies only slightly smaller.
Fiction book (1993) -
For a while, he simply sat there in the shade of several pines, sniffing resin and listening to the sound of bobwhites.
Fiction book (1994) -
During the Thanksgiving holidays, I hunted bobwhite quail at a game preserve in South Carolina.
Synonyms
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4.2
A small round bird with a short tail that lives in fields
A small ground bird in North America with a clear whistle of two short notes
A small North American bird like a quail that people often hunt
A small brown ground bird like a quail that lives in eastern and central United States
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bobwhite comes from the bird's call, which sounds like 'bob-white' and is even written as bob-white. That's why the name fits this small North American quail, a bird you can often hear in fields and that people sometimes hunt.