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Bobwhite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Bobwhite has 1 sense
- bobwhite(n = noun.animal) bobwhite quail, partridge - a popular North American game bird; named for its call; Array is a member of colinus, genus colinus
has particulars: colinus virginianus, northern bobwhite
is a kind of quail
CIDE DICTIONARY
Bobwhite, n.
The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus ); -- so called from its note. [1913 Webster]
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