BLUE-BREASTED QUAIL

Meaning of BLUE-BREASTED QUAIL in English

/blooh"bres'tid/

a small, brightly colored quail, Coturnix chinensis, of southern Asia and Australia, widely kept as a cage bird. Also called button quail .

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BLUE-BREASTED QUAIL — noun : painted quail 1b
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREASTED — biographical name James Henry 1865-1935 American orientalist
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUAIL — Any of several species of short-tailed game birds (family Phasianidae), some with a head plume that is straight or curled …
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BLUE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) blue green algae blue ground The Blue Rider blue crab blue law Blue Mountains …
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QUAIL — I. ˈkwāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( plural quail or quails ) Etymology: Middle English quaile, quaille, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLUE — I. ˈblü adjective ( usually -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English bleu, blew, from Old French blo, blou, of Germanic origin; …
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BREASTED — |brestə̇d adjective Etymology: Middle English brested, from brest breast + -ed : having a breast : having (such) a breast …
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QUAIL — (n.) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
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QUAIL — (n.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted …
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QUAIL — (n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, …
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QUAIL — (n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail …
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BREASTED — (a.) Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, …
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BREASTED — (imp. & p. p.) of Breast
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QUAIL — ( n. ) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAIL — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAIL — ( n. ) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common …
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QUAIL — ( n. ) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
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BREASTED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Breast
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BREASTED — ( a. ) Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical …
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QUAIL — quail 1 — quaillike , adj. /kwayl/ , n. , pl. quails , ( esp. collectively ) quail . 1. …
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BREASTED — /bres"tid/ , n. James Henry , 1865-1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
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BREASTED — /bres"tid/ , adj. 1. having a breast. 2. having a specified kind of breast (usually used in combination): narrow-breasted. [ …
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BREASTED — see breast I
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUAIL — I. ˈkwāl noun ( plural quail or quails ) Etymology: Middle English quaile, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin quaccula, of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLUE — I. ˈblü adjective ( blu·er ; blu·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French blef, blew, of Germanic origin; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BREASTED — biographical name James Henry 1865-1935 American orientalist
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QUAIL — vi to curdle; to coagulate, as milk. 2. quail ·noun a prostitute; so called because the quail was thought …
Webster English vocab
BREASTED — impf & ·p.p. of breast. 2. breasted ·adj having a breast; used in composition with qualifying words, in either …
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BLUE — noun a pedantic woman; a bluestocking. 2. blue ·pl low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy. 3. blue ·superl low …
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QUAIL — [quail] n, pl quail or quails [ME quaille, fr. MF, fr. ML quaccula, of imit. origin] (14c): any of numerous …
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BLUE — [blue] adj blu.er ; blu.est [ME, fr. OF blou, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG blao blue; akin to L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
QUAIL — any of 130 species of small, short-tailed game birds of the family Phasianidae (order Galliformes), resembling partridges but generally smaller …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUAIL — quail, Quail BrE AmE kweɪ ə l ▷ quailed kweɪ ə ld ▷ quailing ˈkweɪ ə l ɪŋ ▷ quails …
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QUAIL — / kweɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ C , U ] ( pl. quails or quail ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUAIL — I. quail 1 /kweɪl/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: quaille …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
QUAIL — ( quails, or quail, quails, quailing, quailed) 1. A quail is a type of small bird which is often shot …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-BREASTED — see breast
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-BREASTED — see breast
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
QUAIL — I. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Because transplanted quail cells will behave normally in chick embryos, she realized she had …
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BLUE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a red/green/blue etc colour ▪ Our door was painted a bright green colour. baby …
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QUAIL — n. Any of several species of short-tailed game birds (family Phasianidae), some with a head plume that is straight or …
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BLUE — n. blue asbestos blue green algae blue ground The Blue Rider blue crab blue law Blue Mountains Blue Ridge Blue …
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BREASTED — Breasted
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BLUE — blue.ogg 1. blu: n 1. синий цвет; голубой цвет Oxford blue - тёмно-синий цвет Cambridge blue - светло-голубой цвет 2. …
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BLUE — 1) голубой, лазурный, синий 2) голубая краска; синяя краска; голубой пигмент; синий пигмент || окрашивать в голубой или синий цвет …
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BLUE — 1) голубой, лазурный, синий 2) голубая краска; синяя краска; голубой пигмент; синий пигмент || окрашивать в голубой или синий цвет 3) синька …
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BLUE — 1. blu: n 1. синий цвет; голубой цвет Oxford blue - тёмно-синий цвет Cambridge blue - светло-голубой цвет 2. 1> …
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QUAIL — I kweɪl сущ. 1) мн. неизм. перепел, перепелка 2) амер. ; сл. девушка II kweɪl гл. 1) дрогнуть; струсить, спасовать …
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QUAIL — I [°¦ўЎ®] quail.wav сущ. 1) мн. неизм. перепел, перепелка 2) амер.; сл. девушка II [°¦ўЎ®] quail.wav гл. 1) дрогнуть; струсить, спасовать (at, before) I quail at the …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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QUAIL — 1) перепел (Coturnix); обыкновенный перепел (Coturnix coturnix) 2) мелкая птица из сем. фазановых (Phasianidae) • - banded quail - barred quail - black-breasted quail - blue …
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