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单词 king quail
释义

king quail

[ king-kweyl ]
/ ˈkɪŋ ˌkweɪl /

noun

a brightly colored true quail, Coturnix chinensis (or Excalfactoria chinensis) of southern Asia and Australia, the smallest of the true quails, widely kept as a cage bird: the king quail is sometimes referred to as a button quail, but the button quails are very distant relatives and are not true quails.
Also called blue-breast·ed quail, Chi·nese paint·ed quail .

Origin of king quail

First recorded in 1840–45

Words nearby king quail

King Philip's War, kingpin, king plank, king post, king prawn, king quail, king rail, king rod, Kings, king salmon, King's Bench
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