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quail-plover

quail-plover noun: any of species Ortyxelos meiffrenii of small ground-dwelling birds of the buttonquail family, found in parts of Africa.

quail-plover: any of species Ortyxelos meiffrenii of small ground-dwelling birds of the buttonquail family, found...
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Noun

quail-plover (plural quail-plovers)

  1. Any of species Ortyxelos meiffrenii of small ground-dwelling birds of the buttonquail family, found in parts of Africa.

Synonyms of quail-plover

Forms of quail-plover

pluralquail-plovers

Questions about quail-plover

What does quail-plover mean?
Quail-plover means any of species Ortyxelos meiffrenii of small ground-dwelling birds of the buttonquail family, found in parts of Africa.
What part of speech is quail-plover?
Quail-plover is a noun.
What is the plural of quail-plover?
The plural of quail-plover is quail-plovers.

Words near quail-plover in the dictionary

  1. quail pipes
  2. quail-dove
  3. quail-doves
  4. quail-pipe
  5. quail-pipes
  6. quail-plover
  7. quail-plovers
  8. quail-thrush
  9. quail-thrushes
  10. quailberry
  11. Quaile

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