n. One of several species of East Indian birds of the genera Ortygis and Hemipodius, resembling quails.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One of several species of East Indian birds of the genera Ortygis and Hemipodius. They resemble quails, but lack the hind toe. See turnix.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A button-quail or hemipod; a three-toed quaillike bird of the genus Turnix, Hemipodius, or Ortygis. See Turnicidæ and Hemipodii.
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n. any of several East Indian birds
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