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English noun: button quail

1. button quail (animal) small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains


Synonymsbustard quail, button-quail, hemipode


Broader (hypernym)wader, wading bird


Narrower (hyponym)striped button quail, Turnix sylvatica


Member meronymgenus Turnix, Turnix









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