Japanese quail
- See under coturnix.
coturnix
[kuh-tur-niks]
- 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
1758; < New Latin; Latin cōturnix, coturnix quail
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