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button-quail

button-quail is the alternative spelling of buttonquail.

Meaning of buttonquail

Noun

buttonquail (plural buttonquails)

  1. Any of several species of small terrestrial birds, principally in the genus Turnix of the family Turnicidae.
    Synonyms:
    hemipode

Questions about button-quail

What is button-quail the alternative spelling of?
Button-quail is the alternative spelling of buttonquail.

Words near button-quail in the dictionary

  1. button-masher
  2. button-mashers
  3. button-mashing
  4. button-on
  5. button-pusher
  6. button-quail
  7. button-up
  8. button-ups
  9. buttonable
  10. buttonball
  11. buttonballs

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