coturnix
/kuh-tur-niks/US // kəˈtɜr nɪks //
燕窝,燕尾服,燕子,燕鸥
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of several small true quails of the genus Coturnix, especially C. coturnix, a widespread game bird of Europe and North Africa, and C. japonica, breeding mostly in East and Central Asia and widely used as a laboratory animal.
Examples
In July the black-breasted or rain-quail (Coturnix coromandelica) is plentiful in India.
With the first full moon of September come the grey quail (Coturnix communis).
"Coturnix novaezealandiae" retained as printed, but the correct spelling is "novaezelandiae" as printed in the species heading.
The gallinaceous birds are represented by a quail, Coturnix novae zealandiae, now exterminated.
The quail, puyuh (coturnix); but whether a native or a bird of passage, I cannot determine.
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