a quail.

a quail; = eddish-hen n. at eddish, n. compounds.

Used (esp. in the Bible) to translate Latin coturnix, Greek ὄρτυξ, a quail. Obsolete.

Any of various small short-tailed game birds of the Old World subfamily Perdicinae (family Phasianidae), esp. of the genera Coturnix and Perdicula…

†(a) U.S. the ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus (obsolete); †(b) Newfoundland the ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus (obsolete); (c) U.S. = mountain quail n.

a New World quail, Oreortyx picta (family Odontophoridae), of the western United States, with brown, grey, and white plumage and a tall crest.

a brown, black, and white quail, Coturnix pectoralis, native to southern Australia.

An extinct native quail, Coturnix novæzealandiæ.

a Montezuma quail of the subspecies Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi, of the south-western United States and northern Mexico.