bobwhite

[bob-hwahyt, -wahyt]

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noun

any of several American quail of the genus Colinus, especially C. virginianus (northern bobwhite), having mottled reddish-brown, black, and white plumage.

Origin:
1805–15, Americanism; from its cry, as heard by speakers of English

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bobwhite (ˈbɒbˌwaɪt)

—n
	a brown North American quail, Colinus virginianus, the male of which has white markings on the head: a popular game bird

[C19: of imitative origin]

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bobwhite

N.Amer. partridge, 1819, so called from the sound of its cry.

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