New World quails

A form of New World quail — Any bird in the New World family Odontophoridae (which also includes the African genus Ptilopachus), resembling but not closely related to the Old World quails (which belong to the family Phasianidae).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of New World quail
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