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n. Any of various Old World chickenlike birds of the genus Coturnix, especially C. coturnix, small in size and having mottled brown plumage and a short tail.

n. Any of various similar or related New World birds, such as the bobwhite.

verb-intransitive. To shrink back in fear; cower.

n. 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.

verb-intransitive. To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.

verb-intransitive. To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.

v. To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.

verb-intransitive. To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.

n. Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (Coturnix communis), the rain quail (Coturnix Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis).

n. Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica).

n. Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix.

n. A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.

To begin to die; decline; fade; wither.

To lose heart or courage; shrink before danger or difficulty; flinch; cower; tremble.

To slacken.

To quell; subdue; overpower; intimidate; terrify.

To curdle; coagulate.

n. A small gallinaceous bird of the Old World, related to the partridge, and belonging to the genus Coturnix.

n. One of the various small gallinaceous birds more or less closely resembling the quail proper: loosely applied, with or without a qualifying term, especially in the United States, to all the species of Ortyx or Colinus, Lophortyx, Oreortyx, Callipepla, Cyrtonyx, and other genera of American Ortyginæ or Odontophorinæ.

n. A prostitute. Also called plover.

n. The mountain quail, Oreortyx pictus, of the western United States: so named from its bright marking of white and chestnut.

n. An Australian hemipod, or button-quail, Turnix varius.

n. flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

n. small gallinaceous game birds

v. draw back, as with fear or pain

"So a real bird I'm sure would be like, "Oh my God, listen to that" and they'd be out of there, so they -- they hunt what we call quail tarts, which are specially raised birds that hear noise and go "I'm going to go check that out," walk over and the vice president can just walk right up to them and either shoot them with his gun or hit them in the face with his hammer, whatever he wants to do."

quailed    quailing    quails   

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valley quail    snow-quail    white quail    stubble-quail    new-zealand quail    harlequin quail    painted quail    partridge   

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virginia quail    maryland quail   

common quail   

blench    flinch    tremble    yield    succumb    cower    quake    shrink    quell    crush   

Bayle    Braille    Dail    Dale    Gael    Gail    Galle    Gayle    Hale    Jarrell   

partridge    pigeon    woodcock    cuckoo    swan    grouse    peacock    turkey    blackbird    dove