Definition of Bustard quail

1. Noun. Small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains.

Exact synonyms: Button Quail, Button-quail, Hemipode
Generic synonyms: Wader, Wading Bird
Group relationships: Genus Turnix, Turnix
Specialized synonyms: Striped Button Quail, Turnix Sylvatica

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bustard Quail

bust a gasket
bust a move
bust chops
bust one's chops
bust out
bust up
busta
bustamite
bustard
bustard quail (current term)
bustards
bustas
bustaurant
bustaurants
busted
busted flush
busted flushes
bustee
bustees
buster
busters
bustic
busticate
busticated

Literary usage of Bustard quail

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

1. The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of India: Being Descriptions of All the Species by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1864)
"... Tel., ie of no spirit, (the male)—Kurung kadeh, Tarn, (the female), An-kadeh (the male)—Black quail of some Sportsmen. THE BLACK-BREASTED BUSTARD-QUAIL. ..."

2. A New Malagasy-English Dictionary by James Richardson (1885)
"A specie« of bustard quail. (Вага.) Same ae К mono, which see. KI'BO'MBY, в. ... A species of bustard quail. (Prov. ..."

3. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1894)
"(Larger Bustard-Quail. ... On the wing, this bird hada more reddish appearance than the Bustard-Quail. I l'i. ..."

4. The Antananarvio Annual and Madagascar Magazine (1892)
"Mr. Cor}- tells me : "The nest of the Bustard-Quail is composed of dry grass and is partially domed, which is very curious in a game bird. ..."

5. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... no nest whatever appears to be provided; whilst the Little bustard quail (Turnix dussumieri) is said occasionally to form a ..."

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