"buttonquail" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʌtɜnˌkweɪl/ Forms: buttonquails [plural]
Etymology: From button + quail. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|button|quail}} button + quail Head templates: {{en-noun}} buttonquail (plural buttonquails)
  1. Any of several species of small terrestrial birds, principally in the genus Turnix of the family Turnicidae. Categories (lifeform): Shorebirds Synonyms: hemipode, button-quail Translations (bird of the genus Turnix): perepel [masculine] (Czech), vechtkwartel [masculine] (Dutch), pyyjuoksija (Finnish), Laufhühnchen [neuter] (German), tłʼohtah díłdánii yił aheełtʼéhii (Navajo), трёхпёрстка (trjoxpjórstka) [feminine] (Russian), cáy nà (Tày), cun cút (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-buttonquail-en-noun-21Vvles4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tày translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Derived forms: barred buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix suscitator), black-breasted buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix melanogaster), black-rumped buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix hottentottus), buff-breasted buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix olivii), chestnut-backed buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix castanotus), common buttonquail, Kurrichane buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix sylvaticus), lark buttonquail, little buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix velox), Madagascar buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix nigricollis), New Caledonia buttonquail (alt: †Turnix varius novaecaledoniae), painted buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix varius), red-backed buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix maculosus), red-chested buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix pyrrhothorax), small buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix sylvaticus), spotted buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix ocellatus), Sumba buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix everetti), Tawitawi small buttonquail (alt: †Turnix sylvaticus suluensis), Worcester's buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix worcesteri), yellow-legged buttonquail (taxonomic: Turnix tanki)

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