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BOBWHITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A popular North American game bird; named for its call

Synonyms:

bobwhite; bobwhite quail; partridge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bobwhite" is a kind of...):

quail (small gallinaceous game birds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bobwhite"):

Colinus virginianus; northern bobwhite (a favorite game bird of eastern and central United States)

Holonyms ("bobwhite" is a member of...):

Colinus; genus Colinus (New World quail: the bobwhites)

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