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Japanese quail
Word Origin
noun
1.
See under
coturnix
.
coturnix
[k
uh
-
tur
-niks]
/kəˈtɜr nɪks/
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Syllables
noun
1.
any of several small Old World quails of the genus
Coturnix,
especially
C. japonica
(Japanese quail)
widely used as a laboratory animal.
Origin of
coturnix
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Latin
1758
1758;
<
New Latin;
Latin
cōturnix, coturnix
quail
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