bobwhite

[ bob-hwahyt, -wahyt ]

noun,plural bob·whites, (especially collectively) bob·white.
  1. any of several true quails of the genus Colinus, family Odontophoridae, including C. virginianus(northern bobwhite ), distributed through much of the Americas, having mottled reddish-brown, black, and white plumage: the bobwhite gets its name from its whistling call, which sweeps upward in pitch as an easily discernible “bob-white.”

Origin of bobwhite

1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; imitative of its call

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bobwhite

/ (ˈbɒbˌwaɪt) /


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

Origin of bobwhite

1
C19: of imitative origin

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