- striped button quail
- nouna variety of button quail having stripes• Syn: ↑Turnix sylvatica• Hypernyms: ↑button quail, ↑button-quail, ↑bustard quail, ↑hemipode
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
striped button quail
Look at other dictionaries:
button quail — 1. any of several birds of the family Turnicidae, of warmer parts of the Old World, resembling but not related to the true quail. Also called bustard quail, hemipode. 2. the blue breasted quail, Coturnix chinensis. [1880 85] * * * ▪ bird also… … Universalium
button quail — noun small quail like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains • Syn: ↑button quail, ↑bustard quail, ↑hemipode • Hypernyms: ↑wading bird, ↑wader • Hypo … Useful english dictionary
button-quail — noun small quail like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains • Syn: ↑button quail, ↑bustard quail, ↑hemipode • Hypernyms: ↑wading bird, ↑wader • Hypo … Useful english dictionary
bustard quail — noun small quail like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains • Syn: ↑button quail, ↑button quail, ↑hemipode • Hypernyms: ↑wading bird, ↑wader •… … Useful english dictionary
hemipode — noun small quail like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains • Syn: ↑button quail, ↑button quail, ↑bustard quail • Hypernyms: ↑wading bird, ↑wader • … Useful english dictionary
hemipode — hemipodan /heuh mip euh dn/, adj. /hem i pohd /, n. See button quail. [1860 65; < NL Hemipodius name of the genus < Gk hemipod (s. of hemípous) half foot. See HEMI , POD] * * * ▪ bird (Greek: “half foot”), generally any bird of the suborder … Universalium
Turnix sylvatica — noun a variety of button quail having stripes • Syn: ↑striped button quail • Hypernyms: ↑button quail, ↑button quail, ↑bustard quail, ↑hemipode … Useful english dictionary
List of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds — This list is based on the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds [http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/hanzab/HANZAB spp list.pdf list, May 2002 update] , with the doubtfuls omitted. It includes the birds of Australia, New Zealand,… … Wikipedia
List of birds of Australia — This list is based on the Birds Australia [http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/checklist/ba birdlist sept03.pdf list, September 2003] (PDF, free registration required).The Birds Australia list is considered unofficial. It is based on Christidis and… … Wikipedia
Threatened fauna of Australia — are those species and subspecies of birds, fish, frogs, insects, mammals, molluscs, crustaceans and reptiles to be found in Australia that are in danger of becoming extinct. This list is the list proclaimed under the Australian federal… … Wikipedia
