coturnix coturnix

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   the typical Old World quail

   Synonymsmigratory quailCoturnix communis

   BroaderOld World quail

Questions about coturnix coturnix

What does coturnix coturnix mean?

coturnix coturnix means "the typical Old World quail".

What is another word for coturnix coturnix?

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

coturnix coturnix 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.