单词 | rain quail |
释义 | > as lemmasrain quail rain quail n. a small, black-breasted South Asian quail, Coturnix coromandelica (family Phasianidae), which is locally migratory during the monsoon season. ΚΠ 1839 Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 10 6 C. Textilis... Black breasted Quail.—Rain quail of some. This pretty little species is very common in most of the well cultivated districts of India. 1909 Times 9 July 22/6 Hybrids have been produced between the rain quail (Coturnix coromandelica) and the pectoral quail (C. pectoralis). 1984 Annales d'Endocrinol. 45 403 The photoperiodic response of the sexually dimorphic rain quail was studied. < as lemmas |
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