单词 | blue quail |
释义 | > as lemmasblue quail blue quail n. Any of several small game birds with bluish-grey plumage; esp. (U.S.) the scaled quail, Callipepla squamata, of the southern United States and Mexico; cf. quail n. 3. ΚΠ 1848 W. H. Emory Notes Mil. Reconnaissance 55 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (30th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Exec. Doc. 41) IV We flushed several bevies of blue quail, saw a flock of wild geese, summer duck, the avocet and crows. 1896 Harper's New Monthly Mag. 93 656 Let it not be supposed that it is less difficult to hit a running blue quail as he shoots through the brush. 1904 A. Le Messurier Game, Shore & Water Birds India 29 Of the Blue Quail..one species occurs in India and China. 2007 N. J. Silvy et al. Texas Quails 65 The scaled quail (Callipepla squamata), also known as blue quail or cottontops, is the second most abundant quail found in Texas. < as lemmas |
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