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quail noun /kweɪl/ /kweɪl/ [countable, uncountable] (plural quails, quail) jump to other results - a small brown bird, whose meat and eggs are used for food; the meat of this birdTopics Birdsc2
Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old French quaille, from medieval Latin coacula (probably imitative of its call).
quail verb /kweɪl/ /kweɪl/ [intransitive] (literary) jump to other results - quail (at/before somebody/something) to feel frightened or to show that you are frightenedTopics Feelingsc2
Word Originverb late Middle English (in the sense ‘waste away, come to nothing’): of unknown origin.
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