button quail

button quail

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small quail-like terrestrial bird of the genus Turnix, such as T. sylvatica (striped button quail), occurring in tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World: family Turnicidae, order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc.) Also called hemipode

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button quail - small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains bustard quail, button-quail, hemipode wader, wading bird - any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food genus Turnix, Turnix - type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail striped button quail, Turnix sylvatica - a variety of button quail having stripes