button-quail

Thesaurus

Noun

1.button-quail - small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plainsbustard quail, button quail, hemipodewader, wading bird - any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of foodgenus Turnix, Turnix - type genus of the Turnicidae: button quailstriped button quail, Turnix sylvatica - a variety of button quail having stripes