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Definition of Bobwhite
1. Noun. A popular North American game bird; named for its call.
Group relationships: Colinus, Genus Colinus
Specialized synonyms: Colinus Virginianus, Northern Bobwhite
Generic synonyms: Quail
Definition of Bobwhite
1. n. The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so called from its note.
Definition of Bobwhite
1. Noun. Any one of four species of quail in the genus ''Colinus'', of the bird family Odontophoridae, limited to the Americas. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bobwhite
1. a game bird [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bobwhite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bobwhite
Literary usage of Bobwhite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Economic Entomology by Entomological Society of America, American Association of Economic Entomologists (1910)
"FOOD OF THE bobwhite By MARGARET MORSE NICE, Clark University, Worcester, Mags.
... First, former researches have demonstrated that the bobwhite feeds ..."
2. American Game-bird Shooting by George Bird Grinnell (1910)
"There are no special differences in habit among the various forms of bobwhite
quail, except those which depend on their surroundings—the character of the ..."
3. Little Folks Down South by Frank Lebby Stanton (1904)
"OUR FRIEND "bobwhite" In the brisk October weather, In meadows of delight, Once
more the keen, ... When Love listened with his sweetheart To old "bobwhite. ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"The bobwhite is found to be preeminently a seed-eater, over fifty per cent ...
The importance of the bobwhite as an article of food, and also as an object ..."
5. Our Language: First Book by Lida Brown McMurry, Frank Turner Norvell (1905)
"SECTION 48 bobwhite and His Family One morning, in the spring of the year, a pretty,
... bobwhite! are your peas all ripe?" was what he seemed to say. ..."
6. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"No bird is more prolific or more easily reared in domestication than the bobwhite ;
and certainly none makes a more interesting and companionable household ..."
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