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king quail
[ king kweyl ]
noun
- a brightly colored true quail, Coturnix chinensis (or Excalfactoria chinensis ) of southern Asia and Australia, the smallest of the true quails, widely kept as a cage bird: the king quail is sometimes referred to as a button quail, but the button quails are very distant relatives and are not true quails.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of king quail1
First recorded in 1840–45
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Example Sentences
Of Australian quail there are at least a dozen varieties, ranging from a small partridge down to the little king quail.
From Project Gutenberg
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