OLD WORLD QUAIL

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Meaning:

Small game bird with a rounded body and small tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Old World quail" is a kind of...):

quail (small gallinaceous game birds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Old World quail"):

Coturnix communis; Coturnix coturnix; migratory quail (the typical Old World quail)

Holonyms ("Old World quail" is a member of...):

Coturnix; genus Coturnix (Old World quail)

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