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BOBWHITE QUAIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A popular North American game bird; named for its call
Synonyms:
bobwhite; bobwhite quail; partridge
Classified under:
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)