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Definition of Coturnix
1. Noun. Old World quail.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Old World Quail
Definition of Coturnix
1. a small quail [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Coturnix
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Coturnix
Literary usage of Coturnix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"Type, C. coturnix (Linn.). Tail composed of ten or twelve feathers, short, soft,
and hidden by ... Tetrao coturnix, Linn. Syst. Nat. ip 278 (1766). coturnix ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"565 [Madagascar] ; Waldo, Ibis, coturnix capensis, Licht, fide Gray, Hand-l. lì.
ii. p. ... Diners from the adult male of C. coturnix in having the lores, ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(1) coturnix. • j * Quails are smaller than Partridges, ... Every one knows Tetrao
coturnix, L.; Enl. 170; Frisch, 117; Naum. 4, f. 4. (The Common Quail. ..."
4. Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson (1817)
"Starling* Fossil remains of species of this genus occur in the formations around
i'ai is. coturnix, Quail. ..."
5. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"THE COMMON QUAIL, coturnix ... ferdix coturnix, Lath., etc. — Quail or Common
Quail of Brit. Ornith. ..."
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