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MOUNTAIN QUAIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail
Synonyms:
mountain partridge; mountain quail; Oreortyx picta palmeri
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mountain quail" is a kind of...):
partridge (small Old World gallinaceous game birds)
Holonyms ("mountain quail" is a member of...):
genus Oreortyx; Oreortyx (mountain quail of western United States)