Species of bird in the New World quail family.
Sinònims
Examples for "callipepla squamata"
Examples for "callipepla squamata"
1A gaggle of Catholic schoolgirls scattered like blue quail, pigtails flying, as the fugitives stampeded through them.
2The haunts of the blue quail are really no place for a dog, as he soon becomes useless.
3Suddenly out of the grass burst a blue quail, running with wings outstretched and every feather ruffled angrily.
4Where the prickly-pear cactus is thickest, there are the blue quail, since that is their feed and water supply.
5One does not need him, either, since the blue quail will not flush until actually kicked into the air.
Translations for cottontop