| 释义 |
bob·white
\(ˈ)bäb|(h)wīt, usu -d.+V\ noun
also bobwhite quail
(-s)
Etymology: imitative
: any quail of the genus Colinus of which the best-known species (C. virginianus) includes a favorite game bird of the eastern and central United States that is replaced in Cuba, Texas, and Mexico by members of related varieties and species, all being about 10 inches long and mottled above with gray, rufous, and whitish, the male having the head striped with black and white and a white throat patch — called also quail, partridge |