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OLD WORLD QUAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Old World quail mean?
• OLD WORLD QUAIL (noun)
The noun OLD WORLD QUAIL has 1 sense:
1. small game bird with a rounded body and small tail
Familiarity information: OLD WORLD QUAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small game bird with a rounded body and small tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Old World quail" is a kind of...):
quail (small gallinaceous game birds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Old World quail"):
Coturnix communis; Coturnix coturnix; migratory quail (the typical Old World quail)
Holonyms ("Old World quail" is a member of...):
Coturnix; genus Coturnix (Old World quail)
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