Definition of California quail

1. Noun. Plump chunky bird of coastal California and Oregon.

Exact synonyms: Lofortyx Californicus
Generic synonyms: Quail

Lexicographical Neighbors of California Quail

California fuchsia
California holly
California lady's slipper
California laurel
California laurels
California live oak
California newt
California nutmeg
California olive
California pitcher plant
California pompano
California poppies
California poppy
California privet
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California quail (current term)
California redbud
California redwood
California roll
California rolls
California romero
California sage
California sagebrush
California sea lion
California single-leaf pinyon
California spangled cats
California stop
California stops
California sycamore
California tree poppy

Literary usage of California quail

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to by William Hemsley Emory (1848)
"... the bear, the raccoon, the polecat, the crane, the duck he .lover, he deer, and the California quail.' The latt'er. ..."

2. American Game-bird Shooting by George Bird Grinnell (1910)
"In the California quail the flanks are streaked with white on a brown or grayish ground. The feathers of the belly, in the male, are edged with black, ..."

3. Western Field by Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.), California Game and Fish Protective Association (1907)
"... is the California Valley Partridge, (Calli/>el>la Californica vallicola), or "California quail," as it is commonly known throughout its limited range. ..."

4. Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska by Joseph Grinnell (1900)
"Allen, CA Abnormal Plumage of the California quail. ... E[stey], TH [Note on weights of California quail] < Forest & Stream III, January 1875, p. 391. 1875. ..."

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