Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 1 compound words that contain quails. The most common are listed below. Open quails in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- California quailsplural of California quail: A quail native to California and areas of neighboring states, but introduced elsewhere (Callipepla californica).
- common quailsplural of common quail: Coturnix coturnix, a bird in the pheasant family.
- Old World quailsplural of Old World quail: A medium-sized bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae.
- bustard quailsplural of bustard quail: Synonym of buttonquail (Turnix spp. etc.)
- button quailsplural of button quail: Any of several species of small terrestrial birds, principally in the genus Turnix of the family Turnicidae.
- dying quailsplural of dying quail: A pop fly which is hit weakly and falls in front of the outfielders.
- Mearns quailsplural of Mearns quail: Cyrtonyx montezumae, a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and nearby parts of the United States.
- Montezuma quailsplural of Montezuma quail: Cyrtonyx montezumae, a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and nearby parts of the United States.
- mountain quailsplural of mountain quail: Oreortyx pictus, a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family.
- pectoral quailsplural of pectoral quail: A stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis).
- scaled quailsplural of scaled quail: Callipepla squamata, a species of quail.
- sea quailsplural of sea quail: A bird, the turnstone.
- stubble quailsplural of stubble quail: Coturnix pectoralis, an Australian bird.
- wood quailsplural of wood quail: Any bird in the genus Odontophorus, native to the forests of the New World.
- black-breasted quailsplural of black-breasted quail: A quail of species Coturnix coromandelica, found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
- New World quailsplural of New World quail: Any 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).
- San Quentin quailsplural of San Quentin quail: jailbait (underage woman considered sexually attractive by adult men)
- Gambel's quailsplural of Gambel's quail: A quail of North America (of the US-American southwest and the Mexican northwest), Callipepla gambelii.
Compound words 1
- buttonquailsplural of buttonquail: Any of several species of small terrestrial birds, principally in the genus Turnix of the family Turnicidae.