| NOUN | food | quail | flesh of quail |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | quail | small gallinaceous game birds | |
| VERB | motion | quail, flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil | draw back, as with fear or pain |
| Sounds | kwey'l | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ail ... Yale: 95 rhymes with eyl... | |
| Meaning | flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | game bird | Any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport |
| Part of | quail | small gallinaceous game birds |
| Broader | wildfowl | flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food |
| Spanish | codorniz | |
| Catalan | guatlla | |
| Meaning | small gallinaceous game birds. | |
|---|---|---|
| Member of | bevy | A flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground) |
| Parts | quail | flesh of quail |
| Narrower | California quail, Lofortyx californicus | plump chunky bird of coastal California and Oregon |
| Old World quail | small game bird with a rounded body and small tail | |
| bobwhite, bobwhite quail, partridge | A popular North American game bird | |
| Broader | phasianid | A kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae |
| Spanish | codorniz | |
| Catalan | guatlla | |
| Meaning | draw back, as with fear or pain. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil | |
| Narrower | shrink back, retract | pull away from a source of disgust or fear |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | contraerse, encogerse, reaccionar, recular, retroceder | |
| Catalan | acovardir-se, contreure's, encongir-se, recular, retrocedir | |
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