quail
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4.2
- noun
- /kwāl/
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codorniz
- For the rest of the afternoon, we hunted with Carly and got into quail as well as pheasants.
- Japanese quail
- quail chicks
- quail body
You've got spices, you've got fighting quails that are about this big.
- You've got spices, you've got fighting quails that are about this big.
- It's like feather quails, some kind of ostrich looking thing.
- Chickens, ducks, geese, Guinea hens, pheasants, quail, raised Chesapeake Bay retrievers, cows, horses, everything.
- I mean, we had dozens of chickens and geese and ducks, pheasant, I mean, pheasants, quail, Guinea hen, we had everything in between.
Examples
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During fall and winter, men drove from cities to hunt doves, quail, deer, and ducks along the river.
Fiction book (1992) -
The country is nice enough: there are quail sitting in the bushes and frogs peeping in the swamps.
Fiction book (2002) -
Do they have quail in Russia?
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Tonight, if we are lucky you will have quail for dinner.
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I happen to like the Governor; we hunt quail together every year.
Fiction book (1993) -
You and Harmony and the sheriff were just out hunting quail that day.
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He and I go quail hunting at least once a year.
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The soft cooing of doves and the call of the quail rose from the canyon.
Fiction book (1995) -
Daddy was an oil tycoon, a Hearst type, built a Xanadu to match, then died hunting quail.
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Hunters often seek to catch quail during the hunting season.
Synonyms
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A small North American bird with a loud two-part call that people often hunt for food or sport
A small brown bird that people hunt and that moves between areas each year
A small quail found in Europe, Asia, and Africa that moves long distances each year
A small bird like a quail that lives in Europe, Asia, and Africa
A small round game bird from Europe, Asia, and Africa
A small ground bird in North America with a clear whistle of two short notes
A plump, short-tailed bird with a feather that bends forward on its head
A small ground bird in western North America that lives in mountains and has a long feather on its head
Compounds
- Specialized
A small ground bird like a quail in Eurasia and Africa that has no hind toe and lives in grass
- Indian
A small ground bird like a quail that lives on grassy plains and has no hind toe
- Specialized
A plump, short-tailed bird with a feather that bends forward on its head
A small ground bird in western North America that lives in mountains and has a long feather on its head
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quail for the small bird comes from an old European name that imitated the bird's quick call and nervous, darting movement, so the word now names this small, trembling game bird.