Coturnix definitions

Coturnix

1) Bird genus 2) Genus coturnix 3) Old world quail
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Coturnix

Coturnix is a genus consisting of the true quail. They are related to Pternistes Patridge-Francolins, jungle bush quail, snowcocks and Alectoris Rock Partridges. Coturnix quail and the aforementioned genera belong to their own monophyletic clade, the Coturnixininae, a sub-family within the family Phasianidae. Some authors consider this clade, toge...
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coturnix

<ornithology> A genus of birds (family phasianidae) containing the common european and other old world quails. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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Coturnix

[n] - Old World quail
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Coturnix

genus Coturnix noun Old World quail
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coturnix

any of several small Old World quails of the genus Coturnix, esp. C. japonicawidely used as a laboratory animal.
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