BUTTON QUAIL

Meaning of BUTTON QUAIL in English

1. any of several birds of the family Turnicidae, of warmer parts of the Old World, resembling but not related to the true quail. Also called bustard quail, hemipode .

2. the blue-breasted quail, Coturnix chinensis.

[ 1880-85 ]

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BUTTON QUAIL — noun Date: 1885 any of a family (Turnicidae) of small terrestrial Old World birds that resemble quails and have only …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BUTTON QUAIL — noun : any of various small terrestrial birds that resemble quails, are widely distributed in the Old World, and constitute …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUTTON QUAIL — Date: 1885 : any of a family (Turnicidae) of small terrestrial Old World birds that resemble quails and have only …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUTTON QUAIL — Function: noun Date: 1885 : any of a family (Turnicidae) of small terrestrial Old World birds that resemble quails and …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BUTTON-QUAIL — ■ noun a small quail-like bird related to the rails. [Genus Turnix : several species.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
BUTTON QUAIL — [button quail] n (1885): any of a family (Turnicidae) of small terrestrial Old World birds that resemble quails and have …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BUTTON QUAIL — also called Bustard Quail, any of numerous small, round-bodied birds belonging to the family Turnicidae of the order Gruiformes. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
BUTTON QUAIL — трёхперстка (Turnix)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BUTTON QUAIL — трёхперстка ( Turnix )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
QUAIL — Any of several species of short-tailed game birds (family Phasianidae), some with a head plume that is straight or curled …
Английский словарь Британика
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
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUAIL — (n.) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
Английский словарь Webster
QUAIL — (n.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted …
Английский словарь Webster
QUAIL — (n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, …
Английский словарь Webster
QUAIL — (n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail …
Английский словарь Webster
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 …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAIL — ( n. ) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAIL — quail 1 — quaillike , adj. /kwayl/ , n. , pl. quails , ( esp. collectively ) quail . 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUAIL — vi to curdle; to coagulate, as milk. 2. quail ·noun a prostitute; so called because the quail was thought …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
QUAIL — [quail] n, pl quail or quails [ME quaille, fr. MF, fr. ML quaccula, of imit. origin] (14c): any of numerous …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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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
BUTTON — usually disklike piece of solid material having holes or a shank through which it is sewed to one side of …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUAIL — quail, Quail BrE AmE kweɪ ə l ▷ quailed kweɪ ə ld ▷ quailing ˈkweɪ ə l ɪŋ ▷ quails …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
QUAIL — / kweɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ C , U ] ( pl. quails or quail ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTON — / ˈbʌtn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a small round piece of metal, plastic, etc. that is …
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
BUTTON — I. but ‧ ton 1 S2 /ˈbʌtn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
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
BUTTON — ( buttons, buttoning, buttoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Buttons are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUAIL — I. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Because transplanted quail cells will behave normally in chick embryos, she realized she had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUTTON — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an alarm button ▪ He hit the alarm button under the desk. at/with the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
QUAIL — n. Any of several species of short-tailed game birds (family Phasianidae), some with a head plume that is straight or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BUTTON — I. noun 1 for fastening clothes ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom , top ▪ The top ~ of his shirt was undone. …
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BUTTON — 1) кнопка; клавиша 2) матем. палец; штифт 3) заглушка; тарелка ( клапана ) 4) щеколда ( двери или окна ) …
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BUTTON — 1) кнопка; клавиша 2) матем. палец; штифт 3) заглушка; тарелка (клапана) 4) щеколда (двери или окна) 5) анодный вывод (ЭЛТ) 6) электрод (каротажного микрозонда) 7) навеска; …
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BUTTON — 1) кнопка; кнопочное устройство || кнопочный 2) строит. подкладка, прокладка 3) сферическая головка 4) рельеф, выступ 5) тарелка (клапана) 6) ядро сварной точки - ball button - …
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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 …
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BUTTON — 1) кнопка ( управления ) 2) палец; штифт 3) тарелка клапана • to press a button — нажимать кнопку - …
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BUTTON — 1) кнопка (управления) 2) палец; штифт 3) тарелка клапана • to press a button — нажимать кнопку - adapt button - autodraw button - binary button - bump …
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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 …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
QUAIL — 1) перепел ( Coturnix ) ; обыкновенный перепел ( Coturnix coturnix ) 2) мелкая птица из сем. фазановых ( Phasianidae …
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QUAIL — _I _n. 1> _pl. _invar. перепел 2> _ам. _унив. _жарг. студентка _II _v. 1> дрогнуть; струсить, спасовать (at, before); I …
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BUTTON — 1) кнопка (управления) 2) заглушка; пуговица; завёртка (дверей, окна) 3) букса 4) диск, тарелка (клапана) • to lock a button — фиксировать кнопку (в нажатом …
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