quail

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"The little quail laughs at him, saying, 'Where does he think he's going?

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flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

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noun

flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

noun

small gallinaceous game birds

verb

draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for quail.

noun

flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

noun

small gallinaceous game birds

verb

draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

See also: flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil

Example sentences

"The little quail laughs at him, saying, 'Where does he think he's going?

She did try to let the quail free range first, and that was a disaster.

It is accurate that quail should need be free-range, yes.

It is practical to raise quail for eggs or meat in an apartment.

Until you get to social issues here on HN. This is like flushing quail and the sky blackens with all the trolls.

"So I guess "alias fsck='zpool scrub tank'" would quail everyone's concerns.

It's not uncommon to see in-house smoked bacon for breakfast, and then have quail for lunch.

I ended up getting some random thing that had pork, and what appeared to be quail eggs in a black broth.

The domesticated quail raised for food feels safer when they are in a confined space.

The woman who was interviewed on that podcast raised quail on both a farm and privately in her own space.

Except, even the specific breed of quail for meat still needs time to run and scratch and 'be a quail'.It's more akin to goats than cows.

She was also talking about a specific breed of domesticated quail.

Among the desert dwellers who eat tumbleweed seeds, foliage, and stems are Gambel's quail, ground squirrels, pocket and white-footed mice, prairie dogs, kangaroo rats, and mule deer.

I regularly see in my neighborhood deer, coyotes, deer, eagles, herons, quail, mountain beaver, raccoons, squirrels, hawks, snakes, lizards, ducks, geese, mice, etc. How many cities can boast that?

Are you saying that, if a cage is made to allow them to do that, it would still be too big for a typical sized apartment?I used to live somewhere where I can see wild quail running around the house every day.