HyperDic: mountain_quail

English > 1 sense of the expression mountain quail:
NOUNanimalmountain quail, mountain partridge, Oreortyx picta palmeriCalifornia partridge
English > mountain quail: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningCalifornia partridge; slightly larger / larger than the California quail.
Synonymsmountain partridge, Oreortyx picta palmeri
Member ofOreortyx, genus Oreortyxmountain quail of western United States
Broaderpartridgesmall Old World gallinaceous game birds

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