Quail
//kweɪl//
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The word "quail" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.
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California quail California valley quail Canary Islands quail European quail Gambel's quail Himalayan quail Japanese quail Maryland quail Mearns quail Montezuma quail New World quail New Zealand quail Old World quail Quail Hollow Quailgate San Quentin quail Snow Mountain quail Tasmanian quail Virginia quail banded quail black-breasted quail blue quail blue-breasted quail bobwhite quail brown quail bustard quail button quail button-quail buttonquail common quail dying quail elegant quail harlequin quail helmet quail king quail marsh quail masked quail migratory quail mountain quail ocellated quail painted quail pectoral quail plover quail quail dove quail hawk quail pipe quail-dove quail-pipe quail-plover quail-thrush quailer quailery quailingly quailish quaillike rain quail scaled quail sea quail seaquail shell quail silver quail singing quail snow quail stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis swamp quail tawny-faced quail unquailed unquailing valley quail wood quail (Odontophorus spp
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