quail
21quail — quail1 [kweıl] n [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: quaille, from Medieval Latin quaccula] a small fat bird with a short tail that is hunted for food or sport, or the meat from this bird quail 2 quail2 v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin:… …
22quail — quail1 [ kweıl ] (plural quails or quail) noun count a small bird that people shoot and eat a. uncount this bird eaten as food quail quail 2 [ kweıl ] verb intransitive LITERARY to be very afraid, often so afraid that your body shakes slightly …
23quail — I. /kweɪl / (say kwayl) noun (plural quails, quail) 1. in Australia a. any of several small ground dwelling birds of the family Phasianidae, heavy bodied with small heads, short legs and rounded wings, as the stubble quail, Coturnix pectoralis. b …
24quail — I. noun (plural quail or quails) Etymology: Middle English quaile, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin quaccula, of imitative origin Date: 14th century any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: as a. an Old World migratory game bird (Coturnix… …
25quail — Small galliform bird. Quail embryos are often use in developmental studies because quail cells can be distinguished from chicken cells, yet the two are sufficiently closely related that it is possible to graft embryonic tissue from one to the… …
26quail — I [[t]kweɪl[/t]] n. pl. quails, (esp. collectively)quail. 1) orn any of various small, plump New World gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Odontophorinae, of the pheasant family, as the bobwhite 2) orn any of various similar Old World… …
27quail — n. any girl or woman, especially considered sexually. (Crude.) □ Look at that cute little quail over there. □ Who was the quail I saw you with last night? …
28Quail — Recorded in over two hundred spelling forms throughout the Christian world this surname is of Roman (pre Christian) origins. The surname spellings range from examples such as Paul, Paule, and Pawle in England, Paolo and Paulo (Spain & Portugal),… …
29Quail — Californians are sometimes nicknamed Quail; California’s state bird; McDonnell Douglas decoy missile …
30quail — n a girl, young woman, or females viewed as sex objects. This equating of the female with the game bird is approxi mately three hundred years old, surviv ing in the language of American high school and college students, where predatory males also …
