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Colinus

noun

New World quail: the bobwhites

• Syn: ↑genus Colinus

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Phasianidae, ↑family Phasianidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑bobwhite, ↑bobwhite quail, ↑partridge

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\\kəˈlīnəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish colín

: the genus of birds (family Phasianidae) consisting of the bobwhites

Useful english dictionary. 2012.