Quail

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 2 See Also

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

quail (plural quails)

1. Any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae.

Translations

Albanian: shkurta Basque: galeper Belarusian: перапелка Binomial name: Coturnix coturnix Bosnian: prepelica f Breton: koailh Bulgarian: пъдпъдък (pÅ­dpÅ­dÅ­k) Catalan: guatlla f Croatian: prepelica Czech: křepelka Danish: vagtel Dutch: kwartel m, kwakkel m Esperanto: koturno Estonian: vutt Faroese: vaktil Finnish: viiriäinen French: caille f, caille des blés f Frisian: kwartel Friulian: cuaie Galician: paspallás German: Wachtel f Greek, Ancient: á½„ÏÏ„Ï Î¾ (ortyx) m Greek, Modern: ορτύκι (ortiki) Hungarian: fürj Icelandic: kornhæna Interlingua: qualia Irish: gearg Italian: quaglia f Ladin: caia Latin: coturnix f

Latvian: paipala Lithuanian: putpelė Lower Sorbian: paśpula Macedonian: потполошка (potpološka) Maltese: summiena Norwegian: vaktel Occitan: catla O'odham: kakaicu (specifically, callipepla gambelii Polish: przepiórka Portuguese: codorniz f Romanian: prepeliţa Romansh: quacra, quaiglia Romany: dropya f Russian: обыкновенный перепел (obyknovennyj perepel) Sami: goaktil Sardinian: xrìcchibi, trepotès, cricchibì, guàgliulu, cualla Scottish: gearradh-gort Serbian: препелица (prepelica) Slovak: prepelica f Slovenian: prepelica f Spanish: codorniz f Swedish: vaktel Turkish: bıldırcın Ukrainian: перепел (perepel) Upper Sorbian: pocpula Volapük: kotur Welsh: sofliar

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Verb

quail

1. To shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful.

   He quails at the sight of blood.

See Also

• Bird
• Partridge

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