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Oreortyx

noun

mountain quail of western United States

• Syn: ↑genus Oreortyx

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Perdicidae, ↑subfamily Perdicidae, ↑Perdicinae, ↑subfamily Perdicinae

• Member Meronyms: ↑mountain quail, ↑mountain partridge, ↑Oreortyx picta palmeri

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\\ˌōrēˈȯrd.iks\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from ore- + Greek ortyx quail; akin to Sanskrit vartaka, vartika quail

: a genus of birds (family Perdicidae) comprising the mountain quail of the western United States

Useful english dictionary. 2012.