Mearnsn.
/məːnz/, /mɛːnz/, /mɪənz/, U.S. /mərnz/, /mɛ(ə)rnz/, /mɪ(ə)rnz/ 1. Mearns quail n. (also Mearns' quail) a Montezuma quail of the subspecies Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi, of the south-western United States and northern Mexico.This form is now sometimes included in the nominate subspecies C. montezumae montezumae.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Coturnix (quail)
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1903 Condor 5 113 I looked and became aware that I was staring at my first Mearns quail.
1949 Pacific Discovery Jan. 11/1 Whereas turkeys had increased in the past decade, the Mearns quail had suffered a decrease of at least equal proportion.
1991 Birder's World Oct. 21 It [sc. the Montezuma Quail] is commonly called Mearns' Quail, for Edgar Mearns..; but it's also known as Harlequin Quail, for its clown-like facial markings and bizarre plumage.
2. Mearns coyote n. (also Mearns's coyote) a small coyote of the subspecies Canis latrans mearnsi, of Arizona and New Mexico.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > canis latrans (coyote)
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1917 Mammals Amer. 66/2 Mearns Coyote.—Canis mearnsi Merriam. Size small, color bright, skull and teeth small. Southern Arizona.
1931 V. Bailey Mammals New Mexico 321 Specimens in the United States National Museum collection carry the range of Mearns's coyote across the Lower Sonoran valleys of New Mexico.
1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 158 Mearn's coyote, a small, bright-colored coyote (Canis mearnsi) of southern Arizona named for American naturalist Dr. Edgar A. Mearns.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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