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[ US /ˈkweɪɫ/ ]
[ UK /kwˈe‍ɪl/ ]
NOUN
  1. flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
  2. small gallinaceous game birds
VERB
  1. draw back, as with fear or pain
    she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf

How To Use quail In A Sentence

  • Jillie leads me through an opening in the brush, a path lined with white knotweed and purple morning glories that opens up, just beyond the briers of blackberry vines that have long been picked clean by quail and finches, into a meadow lighted with goldenrod and sunlight against the rusty tops of tall grasses, striving against the subtle blues of the lobelia and the aggressive reds of jack-in-the-pulpits. Taxonomies
  • It's like quail hunting: A short, light 20-gauge gun is faster than a big, heavy 12 in covering a covey rise.
  • The driving force behind a great organization is to never forget the passion and principles we all support in habitat work for the wild quail and all upland game. Quail Unlimited Implodes
  • In hunting for quail, it is called neophyte, sophomoric, ticketing, hunting accident. Bringing the Spirit of a Vietnam Vet up to Speed on Iraq
  • Restrictions and slaughter provisions apply to domestic fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea fowls, quail, ratites, pigeons, pheasants and partridges reared or kept in captivity.
  • The town has another curiosity - the farm shop, which has ballooned into Britain's poshest supermarket, complete with wicker trugs instead of shopping trolleys and quails' eggs by the dozen.
  • Does that mean that a man is a better machine for running than a quail, or a chipmunk or mouse?
  • Hard boil the fresh quails' eggs for 3min, cool slightly and shell. 2.
  • A pressé of chicken livers and foie gras was followed by a bowl of outstandingly smooth velouté of ceps with a poached quail's egg.
  • Charlie quailed at the sound of his mother's angry voice.
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