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Meanings of bobwhite in anglès

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A popular North American game bird; named for its call.

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        Usage of bobwhite in anglès
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        A bobwhite chirped its eternal question in the taut silence that followed.
        Explosive
        2
        There were the bobwhite quail, beloved of hunters with retrievers and shotguns.
        Anthill: a novel
        3
        Its song had only 2 notes (like the call of the bobwhite quail).
        The new yorker
        4
        Ruffed grouse rapidly disappearing; bobwhite becoming scarce.-(E.L. Ewbank, Hendersonville.)
        Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
        5
        The 'bobwhite' is the funniest little bird.
        Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)
        6
        Two bobwhite quail exploded out from behind one of the stumps and flew away through the trees on the opposite side.
        Anthill: a novel
        7
        Above her head, bobwhites overpopulated the oaks.
        Mysterious Skin
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for bobwhite
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        Bobwhite through the time