common quail

noun

Coturnix coturnix, a bird in the pheasant family.

Meanings

nouncommon quail (plural common quails)

plural common quails

  1. Coturnix coturnix, a bird in the pheasant family.

Translations

Bulgarian пъдпъдъ́к
  • пъдпъдъ́к (pădpădắk)bird in the pheasant family
Catalan guatlla
  • guatllabird in the pheasant family
Chinese Mandarin 鵪鶉 /鹌鹑
  • 鵪鶉 /鹌鹑 (ānchún)bird in the pheasant family
Finnish viiriäinen
  • viiriäinenbird in the pheasant family
French caille
  • caillebird in the pheasant family
German Wachtel
  • Wachtelbird in the pheasant family
Greek κοινό ορτύκι
  • κοινό ορτύκι (koinó ortýki)bird in the pheasant family
Irish gearg
  • geargbird in the pheasant family
Italian quaglia comune
  • quaglia comunebird in the pheasant family
Japanese ウズラ
  • ウズラ (uzura)bird in the pheasant family
Norwegian Bokmål vaktel
  • vaktelbird in the pheasant family
Persian بلدرچین
  • بلدرچین (belderčin)bird in the pheasant family
Polish przepiórka, przepiórka zwyczajna
  • przepiórkabird in the pheasant family
  • przepiórka zwyczajnabird in the pheasant family
Portuguese codorna-comum, codorniz comum
  • codorna-comumbird in the pheasant family
  • codorniz comumbird in the pheasant family
Russian пе́репел, перепёлка
  • пе́репел (pérepel)bird in the pheasant family
  • перепёлка (perepjólka)bird in the pheasant family
Spanish codorniz común
  • codorniz comúnbird in the pheasant family
Swedish vaktel
  • vaktelbird in the pheasant family
Turkish bayağı bıldırcın, bıldırcın
  • bayağı bıldırcınbird in the pheasant family
  • bıldırcınbird in the pheasant family
Cite this entry
APA

common quail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20quail

MLA

“common quail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20quail. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “common quail,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20quail.

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