quail

  • 31quail — 1 noun 1 (C) a small bird like a partridge 2 (U) the meat of a quail 2 verb (I) literary to be afraid; tremble (+ at): She quailed visibly at the sight of the grim prison walls …

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  • 32quail — verb the sound of gunfire made us quail Syn: cower, cringe, flinch, shrink, recoil, shy (away), pull back; shiver, tremble, shake, quake, blench …

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  • 33quail — tikrosios putpelės statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Coturnix angl. quail vok. Wachtel, f rus. перепел, m pranc. caille, f ryšiai: platesnis terminas – kurapkos siauresnis terminas – afrikinė melsvoji putpelė siauresnis… …

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  • 34Quail call — Quail Quail, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia, qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel, OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to {Coturnix} and several allied… …

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  • 35Quail dove — Quail Quail, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia, qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel, OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to {Coturnix} and several allied… …

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  • 36Quail hawk — Quail Quail, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia, qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel, OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to {Coturnix} and several allied… …

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  • 37Quail pipe — Quail Quail, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia, qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel, OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to {Coturnix} and several allied… …

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  • 38Quail snipe — Quail Quail, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia, qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel, OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to {Coturnix} and several allied… …

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  • 39Quail Island, New Zealand — Quail Island Ōtamahua (Māori) A view from Quail Island at low tide. The small King Billy Island is seen in front of the wooded peninsula. Geography Coordinates …

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  • 40Quail Valley, Menifee, California — Quail Valley is a former census designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States. On October 1, 2008, the community along with the neighboring communities of Sun City and Menifee incorporated as the City of Menifee.The… …

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