Bob'white` noun (Zoology) The common quail of North America ( Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus ); -- so called from its note. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/73
A small game bird of the partridge family that resembles a small, plump chicken. The flesh is white and delicately flavored. Most of these birds are raised on bird farms today. Known also as 'quail.' Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20110
any of several American quail of the genus Colinus, esp. C. virginianushaving mottled reddish-brown, black, and white plumage. See illus. under Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/bobwhite