| 单词 | stubble-quail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstubble-quail stubble-quail n. a brown, black, and white quail, Coturnix pectoralis, native to southern Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Coturnix (quail) eddish-henc825 arrish-henOE curlewa1340 quail1381 mountain partridge1728 mountain quail1846 stubble-quail1848 koreke1871 Mearns quail1903 1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. V. Pl. 88 The name of Stubble Quail has been given to it by the colonists of Van Diemen's Land, from the great numbers that visit the fields after the harvest is over. 1886 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XX. 147/1 The commoner one [sc. species of quail], which in Australia and Tasmania is wholly replaced by C[oturnix] pectoralis, the Stubble-Quail of the colonists. 1921 Matthews & Iredale Man. Birds Austral. I. 224 Stubble-quail... Head, neck, entire back and scapulars rufous-brown and black streaked with white. 1965 Austral. Encycl. VII. 316/1 The stubble-quail, which is closely allied to the quail of Europe, is confined to southern Australia and Tasmania. < as lemmas |
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