quail-finch
noun
Either of two very small, ground-dwelling African waxbills of the genus Ortygospiza, especially O. atricollis, having white markings on the head and barred breast and flanks.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Journal African Society.
- myelocyte
- myelocytic
- myelocytoma
- raised
- raised bands
- raised beach
- raised bed
- raised bog
- raised crust
- raised eyebrow
- raised mire
- raisedness
- raised pie
- raised ranch
- raised work
- raise hell
- raise hob
- raise one's eyebrows
- raise one's eyebrows (or an eyebrow)
- raise one's glass
- raise one's hand
- raise one's hat
- raise one's (or the) standard
- raise (or lower) one's sights
- raiser