quailed
زبان مبدأ: انگلیسی
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- واژهنامه · Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary Japanese quail Function: noun Date: 1963 : a quail ( Coturnix japonica syn. C. coturnix japonica ) of eastern Asia that is sometimes raised for its meat or eggs and is used in laboratory research button quail Function: noun Date: 1885 : any of a family (Turnicidae) of small terrestrial Old World birds that resemble quails and have only three toes on a foot with the hind toe being absent 1 quail n. Pronunciation: ' kwāl Function: noun Inflected Form: plural quail or quails Etymology: Middle English quaile, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin quaccula, of imitative origin Date: 14th century : any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: as a : an Old World migratory game bird ( Coturnix coturnix ) b : BOBWHITE quail 2 quail n. Function: verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch quelen Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1 a chiefly dialect : WITHER , DECLINE b : to give way : FALTER 2 : to recoil in dread or terror : COWER transitive verb archaic : to make fearful synonyms see RECOIL