racerunner
race runner
six-lined racerunner
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus | very swift lizard of eastern and central United States |
lined snake
Tropidoclonion lineatum | secretive snake of city dumps and parks as well as prairies and open woods, feeds on earthworms, of central United States |
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 |
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 |
four-lined plant bug
four-lined leaf bug
Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
| 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 |
| lined | bordered by a line of things, tree lined streets |
| well-lined | full of money, a well-lined purse |
| lined | having a lining or a liner, often used in combination, a lined skirt, a silk-lined jacket |
| silk-lined | having a silk lining |
lined
seamed | (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams, their lined faces were immeasurably sad, a seamed face |
| refractory-lined | (of furnaces) lined with material that has a high melting point |