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Coturnix

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co⋅tur⋅nix

  [kuh-tur-niks]
–noun
any of several small Old World quails of the genus Coturnix, esp. C. japonica (Japanese quail), widely used as a laboratory animal.
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Origin:
1758; < NL; L cōturnix, coturnix quail
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co·tur·nix   (kə-tûr'nĭks)   
n.  A small, stub-tailed Eurasian quail (Coturnix coturnix) having sandy, streaked plumage and commonly used in laboratory research. Also called Japanese quail.

[Latin coturnīx, quail.]
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