bobwhite bobwhite quail partridge | a popular North American game bird, named for its call |
Old World quail | small game bird with a rounded body and small tail |
migratory quail Coturnix coturnix Coturnix communis | the typical Old World quail |
quail | small gallinaceous game birds |
California quail Lofortyx californicus | plump chunky bird of coastal California and Oregon |
mountain quail mountain partridge Oreortyx picta palmeri | California partridge, slightly larger than the California quail |
dove | any of numerous small pigeons |
rock dove rock pigeon Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
mourning dove Zenaidura macroura | wild dove of the United States having a mournful call |
ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis | reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America |
button quail button-quail bustard quail hemipode | small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe, classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains |
striped button quail Turnix sylvatica | a variety of button quail having stripes |
ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres | common Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia |
dove | an emblem of peace |
squab dove | flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising, flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled |
quail | flesh of quail, suitable for roasting or broiling if young, otherwise must be braised |
Columba Dove | a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum |
dove peacenik | someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations |
quail bush quail brush white thistle Atriplex lentiformis | spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico |
dove's foot geranium Geranium molle | western geranium with small pink flowers, a common weed on lawns and in vacant lots |
apprehend quail at | anticipate with dread or anxiety |
flinch squinch funk cringe shrink wince recoil quail | draw back, as with fear or pain, she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf |
c red reddish ruddy blood-red carmine cerise cherry cherry-red crimson ruby ruby-red scarlet c | of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange), resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies |
rubicund ruddy florid sanguine | inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life, a ruddy complexion, Santa's rubicund cheeks, a fresh and sanguine complexion |