Phrase Hound found 37 phrases and 13 compound words that contain quail. The most common are listed below. Open quail in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 37
- common quailCoturnix coturnix, a bird in the pheasant family.
- king quailA bird of the species Synoicus chinensis.
- California quailA quail native to California and areas of neighboring states, but introduced elsewhere (Callipepla californica).
- Gambel's quailA quail of North America (of the US-American southwest and the Mexican northwest), Callipepla gambelii.
- quail-doveAny of several species of bird in the genera Geotrygon and Starnoenas of the pigeon family found in the Americas.
- wood quailAny bird in the genus Odontophorus, native to the forests of the New World.
- Quail HollowA neighbourhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
- button-quailAlternative spelling of buttonquail: Any of several species of small terrestrial birds, principally in the genus Turnix of the family Turnicidae.
- dying quailA pop fly which is hit weakly and falls in front of the outfielders.
- elegant quailA New World quail of northwestern Mexico which is related to the California, Gambel's and scaled quails, Callipepla douglasii.
- mountain quailOreortyx pictus, a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family.
- rain quailA quail of species Coturnix coromandelica, found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
- scaled quailCallipepla squamata, a species of quail.
- valley quailSynonym of California quail (Callipepla californica)
- Virginia quailSynonym of northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
- quail-dovesplural of quail-dove: Any of several species of bird in the genera Geotrygon and Starnoenas of the pigeon family found in the Americas.
- quail-thrushAny bird of the genus Cinclosoma, of Australia and New Guinea.
- quail-ploverAny of species Ortyxelos meiffrenii of small ground-dwelling birds of the buttonquail family, found in parts of Africa.
- Montezuma quailCyrtonyx montezumae, a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and nearby parts of the United States.
- black-breasted quailSynonym of rain quail: A quail of species Coturnix coromandelica, found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
- California valley quailSynonym of California quail (Callipepla californica)
- New World quailAny bird in the New World family Odontophoridae (which also includes the African genus Ptilopachus), resembling but not closely related to the Old World quails (which belong to the family Phasianidae).
- Old World quailA medium-sized bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae.
- stubble quailCoturnix pectoralis, an Australian bird.
- Mearns quailSynonym of Montezuma quail: Cyrtonyx montezumae, a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and nearby parts of the United States.
Compound words 13
- buttonquailAny of several species of small terrestrial birds, principally in the genus Turnix of the family Turnicidae.
- quaileryA structure in which one houses quail that are kept as a food animal.
- QuailgateThe 2006 controversy over the accidental shooting of Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Riviera, Texas.
- quailishSimilar to a quail
- quaillikeResembling or characteristic of a quail (the bird).
- quailestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of quail
- quaileththird-person singular simple present indicative of quail: To waste away; to fade, to wither.
- quailberryThe plant Crossopetalum ilicifolium.
- quailersplural of quailer: One who hunts quail.
- quailfinchA bird of the species Ortygospiza atricollis, native to the grasslands of Africa.