mountain quail
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Noun (1)
- California partridge; slightly larger than the California quailSynonyms: mountain partridgeOreortyx picta palmeriType of partridgeMember of Oreortyx, genus Oreortyx
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Mountain quail
Zoology, the plumed partridge (Oreortyx pictus) of California. It has two long, slender, plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
From the entry Mountain.
Mountain quail
. See under Mountain.
From the entry Quail.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54