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Wachtel — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • quail noun A small, plump game bird related to pheasants and partridges.

Senses

Wachtel is used for these senses in English:

  • common quail Coturnix coturnix, a bird in pheasant family.
  • quail Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.

quail — full definition

  1. noun A small, plump game bird related to pheasants and partridges.
  2. verb To lose courage or shrink back out of fear.
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