I. noun
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Because transplanted quail cells will behave normally in chick embryos, she realized she had an invaluable natural marker.
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Combine remaining butter, mustard, honey, garlic, and lemon juice and slather over quail .
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Does that mean that a man is a better machine for running than a quail , or a chipmunk or mouse?
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For his creation Malicki grills whole quail on long grapevine cuttings.
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If the quail have been reared with siblings, both sexes prefer to mate with first cousins.
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Season quail lightly with salt and pepper.
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Tuck wings behind back and lightly season quail inside and out with salt and black pepper.
II. verb
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Even now there were times when Valerie quailed, when she felt crushed.
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For the first time I quailed....
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I felt like Frankenstein, quailing before the monster I had created.
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It would seem that even senior officers were quailing, but go they did.
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Though he quailed inwardly, he managed not to flinch.