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quails
 
Noun quail has 2 senses
  1. quail - flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
    --1 is a kind of     wildfowl
    --1 is a part of quail
  2. quail - small gallinaceous game birds
    --2 is a kind of     phasianid
    --2 is a member of bevy
    --2 has part: quail
    --2 has particulars:
     bobwhite, bobwhite quail, partridge; Old World quail; California quail, Lofortyx californicus
Verb quail has 1 sense
  1. flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
    --1 is one way to move
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
quai d orsay quaid quail quail at quail brush quail bush quailed quailer quails quain quaint quaint quaintly quaintly quaintness quais quajint

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