quail
noun/kweɪl/
/kweɪl/
[countable, uncountable] (plural quails, quail)
- a small brown bird, whose meat and eggs are used for food; the meat of this birdTopics Birdsc2Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old French quaille, from medieval Latin coacula (probably imitative of its call).
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