QUAIL DOVE

Meaning of QUAIL DOVE in English

any of several tropical American pigeons of the genera Starnoenas or Geotrygon.

[ 1890-95, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

QUAIL DOVE — noun : any of various tropical American pigeons of terrestrial habits of the genera Geotrygon, Oreopeleia, and Starnoenas several of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
DOVE — Any of certain birds of the pigeon family (Columbidae). The names pigeon and dove are often used interchangeably. Though "dove" …
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
DOVE — I. ˈdəv noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English douve, dove, doufe, from (assumed) Old English dūfe (in Dūfe, feminine …
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
DOVE — dove 1 — dovelike, dovish , adj. — dovishness , n. /duv/ , n. 1. any bird of the family …
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
DOVE — I. ˈdəv noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English * dūfe; akin to Old High German tūba dove Date: 13th …
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
DOVE — of dive. 2. dove ·noun a word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle. 3. dove ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
DOVE — ~ 1 [ dʌv ] ■ noun 1》 a stocky seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, …
Concise Oxford 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
DOVE — [dove] n [ME, fr. (assumed) OE dufe; akin to OHG tuba dove] (13c) 1: any of numerous pigeons; esp: a …
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
DOVE — any of certain birds of the pigeon family, Columbidae (order Columbiformes). The names pigeon and dove are often used interchangeably. …
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
DOVE — I dove noun BrE AmE dʌv ▷ doves dʌvz II dove verb from ▷ dive dəʊv AmE \ doʊv
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOVE — I . / dʌv; NAmE / noun 1. a bird of the pigeon family. The white dove is often used …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUAIL — / kweɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ C , U ] ( pl. quails or quail ) …
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
DOVE — I. dove 1 /dʌv/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: dufe ] 1 . a kind …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOVE — Dove /dʌv/ BrE AmE trademark a type of white soap used for washing the body and face
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOVE — n. 1 any bird of the family Columbidae, with short legs, small head, and large breast. 2 a gentle or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOVE — n. 1 any bird of the family Columbidae, with short legs, small head, and large breast. 2 a gentle or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOVE — 1. n.1 any bird of the family Columbidae, with short legs, small head, and large breast. 2 a gentle or …
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
DOVE — Pronounced /dʌv/ for meanings 1 and 2, and /doʊv/ for meaning 3. 1. A dove is a bird that looks …
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
DOVE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As one of the original and most ferocious of the Cold Warriors, Nixon hardly offered …
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
DOVE — n. Any of certain birds of the pigeon family (Columbidae). The names pigeon and dove are often used interchangeably. Though …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DOVE — [Judaic] The dove, specifically the Turtledove, is a symbol of purity, Israel, and the Shekinah. It is one of the …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
DOVE — The first menton of this bird occurs in Gen. 8. The dove's rapidity of flight is alluded to in (Psalms …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
QUAIL
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOVE — сущ. 1) голубь (чаще всего о маленьких диких голубях) a gentle dove ≈ голубок dove of peace ≈ голубь мира …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUAIL
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOVE — dove.ogg dʌv n 1. 1> зоол. голубь ( Columba livia ) wood dove - вяхирь 2> поэт. горлица 3> полит. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOVE — dove гл., амер.; прош. вр. от dive2. сущ.1) голубь (чаще всего о маленьких диких голубях) a gentle dove — голубок …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
QUAIL
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DOVE — n 1. 1> зоол. голубь ( Columba livia ) wood dove - вяхирь 2> поэт. горлица 3> полит. «голубь», сторонник …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
QUAIL — I kweɪl сущ. 1) мн. неизм. перепел, перепелка 2) амер. ; сл. девушка II kweɪl гл. 1) дрогнуть; струсить, спасовать …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DOVE — 1. гл. , амер. ; прош. вр. от dive 2. сущ. 1) голубь ( чаще всего о маленьких диких голубях …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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
DOVE — 1. гл., амер.; прош. вр. от dive 2. сущ. 1) голубь (чаще всего о маленьких диких голубях) a gentle dove — голубок dove of …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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
DOVE — голубь; горлица; pl голуби (Columbidae) - African collared dove - bare-eyed ground dove - barred ground dove - beautiful fruit dove - blue ground dove - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
QUAIL — 1) перепел ( Coturnix ) ; обыкновенный перепел ( Coturnix coturnix ) 2) мелкая птица из сем. фазановых ( Phasianidae …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
DOVE — голубь; горлица; pl голуби ( Columbidae ) - African collared dove - bare-eyed ground dove - barred ground dove - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
QUAIL — _I _n. 1> _pl. _invar. перепел 2> _ам. _унив. _жарг. студентка _II _v. 1> дрогнуть; струсить, спасовать (at, before); I …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DOVE — _n. 1> голубь; голубка - dove of peace 2> _ласк. голубчик; голубушка 3> _ам. _собир. сторонник политики мира
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
QUAIL — quail n AmE sl Just look at this quail - isn't she lovely? Ты только посмотри, какая клевая чувиха!
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
QUAIL
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOVE — сущ. 1) голубь (чаще всего о маленьких диких голубях) a gentle dove ≈ голубок dove of peace ≈ голубь мира …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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