quail dove
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of quail dove
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The ruddy quail dove, which eats fruits and seeds, had no population change.
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2018
Or, hunting deer, boar, bear, quail, dove, duck, goose, snipe, squirrel, possum or raccoon, the Southerner may have between his sights an entire sideboard of culinary delights.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cock, quail, dove, bull, ram, or fish, on the other hand, fights because it is his nature to do so, and when he has had his fill he stops.
From In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula by Clifford, Hugh Charles, Sir
It is to the credit of the state that antelope are absolutely protected until 1920, and an unlimited close season has been accorded the quail, dove and swan.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
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