coturnix communis

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   the typical Old World quail

   Synonymsmigratory quailCoturnix coturnix

   BroaderOld World quail

Questions about coturnix communis

What does coturnix communis mean?

coturnix communis means "the typical Old World quail".

What is another word for coturnix communis?

Close synonyms include migratory quail, Coturnix coturnix. 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 coturnix communis a common word?

coturnix communis 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.