mountain quail

mountain quail
noun
California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail
Hypernyms: ↑partridge
Member Holonyms: ↑Oreortyx, ↑genus Oreortyx

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noun
: a partridge (Oreortyx picta palmeri) of California slightly larger than the California quail

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mountain quail,
a grayish-brown quail with chestnut markings and a crest formed by two black feathers, found along the Pacific coast of the United States.

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  • Mountain quail — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Snow Mountain Quail — Taxobox name = Snow Mountain Quail status = NT | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Galliformes familia = Phasianidae genus = Anurophasis genus authority = van Oort, 1910 species = A. monorthonyx… …   Wikipedia

  • snow mountain quail — Naujosios Gvinėjos putpelė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Anurophasis monorthonyx van angl. snow mountain quail vok. Schneegebirgswachtel, f rus. новогвинейский горный перепел, m pranc. caille de montagne, f ryšiai:… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • snow mountain quail — Naujosios Gvinėjos putpelės statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Anurophasis van angl. snow mountain quail vok. Schneegebirgswachtel, f rus. новогвинейский горный перепел, m pranc. caille de montagne, f ryšiai: platesnis… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • 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 genera… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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