california quail

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   plump chunky bird of coastal California and Oregon

   SynonymsLofortyx californicus

   Broaderquail

Questions about california quail

What does california quail mean?

california quail means "plump chunky bird of coastal California and Oregon".

What is another word for california quail?

Close synonyms include Lofortyx californicus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is california quail a common word?

california quail is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.