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