Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old name of the common migratory quail of Europe; specifically, the Perdix coturnix, generically Coturnix communis, vulgaris, or dactylisonans.
- noun [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of quails, of which C. communis is the type.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of birds comprising the Old World quail.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Old World quail
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Avifauna including rock partridge Alectoris graeca, common quail Coturnix coturnix, feral rock dome Columba livia and falcon Falco sp. have also been recorded in the park.
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappodocia, Turkey 2008
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Caliph Garrett in reply to a comment from coturnix
Biden Won, Because He Made Forceful Case Against McCain 2009
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Trans-desert migrants are attracted to the greenery of these sites, which are the only known breeding site in the Eastern Province for quail (Coturnix coturnix), spotted sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus), and great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor).
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Who knows if they will accept my registration. coturnix
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Sorry, Nathan, but I find your “arguments” here to illogical, incoherent, and full of wild leaps and strawmen. coturnix
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In the shortest turnaround time for a book ever, Bora “coturnix” Zivkovic (of Blog Around the Clock fame) has put together The Open Laboratory, a collection of the greatest science blogging of all time.
Science Blogging Anthology Sean 2007
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Much back-and-forth — see long posts by coturnix, Orac, and Nisbet to get some of the flavor — without reaching a simple consensus.
Scientists Talking to the Public Sean 2007
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But coturnix mentions ScienceBlogs will spin of into Europe, thus covering another third of the 24h day with activity and local high opportunity commenting.
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Cafe Cyclo has a great interior and some cute waitresses, but I recommend getting the coffee from the Starbucks in the Harris Teeter around the corner and sneaking it into Cyclo. coturnix
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I am pretty certain that during his actual practice lifetime Dr. Egnor utilized these studies and never counted on the brains of his patients to be so intelligently designed that they would all be optimally perfectly identical. coturnix
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