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    BOBWHITE QUAIL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A popular North American game bird; named for its callplay

    Synonyms:

    bobwhite; bobwhite quail; partridge

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    quail (small gallinaceous game birds)

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

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

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

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

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