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coturnix
[ kuh-tur-niks ]
noun
- any of several small true quails of the genus Coturnix, especially C. coturnix common quail, or European quail, a widespread game bird of Europe and North Africa, and C. japonica Japanese quail, breeding mostly in East and Central Asia and widely used as a laboratory animal.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coturnix1
First recorded in 1755–60; from New Latin, Latin cōturnīx, coturnīx “quail”
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Example Sentences
In July the black-breasted or rain-quail (Coturnix coromandelica) is plentiful in India.
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With the first full moon of September come the grey quail (Coturnix communis).
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"Coturnix novaezealandiae" retained as printed, but the correct spelling is "novaezelandiae" as printed in the species heading.
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The gallinaceous birds are represented by a quail, Coturnix novae zealandiae, now exterminated.
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The quail, puyuh (coturnix); but whether a native or a bird of passage, I cannot determine.
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