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Noun
/ˈbäbˈ(h)wīt/,
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bobwhites, plural;
  1. A New World quail with mottled reddish-brown plumage, and typically a pale throat and eyestripe

  1. a popular North American game bird; named for its call
  2. Colinus is a genus of bird in the Odontophoridae family. It contains the following species: * Northern Bobwhite, (Colinus virginianus) * Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus) * Spot-bellied Bobwhite, (Colinus leucopogon) * Black-throated Bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis)
  3. Any one of four species of quail in the genus Colinus, of the bird family Odontophoridae, limited to the Americas
  4. A small game bird of the partridge family that resembles a small, plump chicken. The flesh is white and delicately flavored. Most of these birds are raised on bird farms today. Known also as "quail."