BOBWHITE QUAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bobwhite quail mean? 

• BOBWHITE QUAIL (noun)
  The noun BOBWHITE QUAIL has 1 sense:

1. a popular North American game bird; named for its call

  Familiarity information: BOBWHITE QUAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOBWHITE QUAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A popular North American game bird; named for its call

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bobwhite; bobwhite quail; partridge

Hypernyms ("bobwhite quail" is a kind of...):

quail (small gallinaceous game birds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bobwhite quail"):

Colinus virginianus; northern bobwhite (a favorite game bird of eastern and central United States)

Holonyms ("bobwhite quail" is a member of...):

Colinus; genus Colinus (New World quail: the bobwhites)