English Dictionary

quail

/ˈkweɪ.əl/

noun

Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.

The quail is a small bird that is known for its distinctive call.

意味（1）

Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.

Quail require little water, so there is no point to putting in a guzzler if there is any permanent water within travel range.

意味（2）

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.

意味（3）

(obsolete) A prostitute, so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.

Her's Agamemnon, an honeſt fellow inough and one that loues quailes, but hee has not ſo much braine as eare-wax, […]