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From Ancient Greek, stem of ὄρτυξ (órtux, “quail, Coturnix”).
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Today it means: Any of various buttonquails. Full definition →
From Ancient Greek, stem of ὄρτυξ (órtux, “quail, Coturnix”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.