OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1698

quail

/kweɪl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
codorniz
Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
Quail require little water, so there is no point to putting in a guzzler if there is any permanent water within travel range.
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