quail
81quail-finch — putpelinės astrildos statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Ortygospiza angl. quail finch vok. Wachtelastrild, m rus. перепелиный астрильд, m pranc. astrild caille, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – astrildiniai siauresnis terminas …
82quail pipe — noun see quail call …
83quail clock — a clock that announces the hours by a sound resembling that of a quail. [1895 1900] …
84quail — 1. noun /ˈkweɪl/ Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae. 2. verb /ˈkweɪl/ To shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful …
85quail — Synonyms and related words: Cornish hen, avoid, blanch, blench, blink, boggle, broiler, caille, canard, caneton, capon, chapon, chicken, cower, cringe, crouch, damsel, demur, dindon, dodge, draw back, duck, duckling, evade, fade, faisan, fall… …
86quail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. shrink, cower, recoil, flinch. See fear, cowardice.Ant., stand firm. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shrink, cower, tremble; see wince . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. cower, draw back, flinch, cringe,… …
87quail — kweɪl n. any species of small game bird from the genus Coturnix v. flinch from fear, recoil, cringe …
88quail — obsolete a prostitute Not from the Celtic caile, a young girl, but the common avian imagery, this time from the reputedly amorous game bird: Agamemnon, an honest fellow enough, and one that loves quails. (Shakespeare, Troilus and… …
89quail — quail1 noun (plural same or quails) a small short tailed game bird. [Coturnix coturnix and other species.] Origin ME: from OFr. quaille, from med. L. coacula (prob. imitative of its call). quail2 verb feel or show fear or apprehension. Origin ME… …
90quail — v. n. Cower, shrink, flinch, faint, blench, droop, quake, tremble, be quelled, give way, lose courage, lose spirit, be cast down …
