noun
a popular North American game bird; named for its call
• Syn: ↑bobwhite quail, ↑partridge
• Hypernyms: ↑quail
• Hyponyms: ↑northern bobwhite, ↑Colinus virginianus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Colinus, ↑genus Colinus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.