quails
/kweɪlz/
quails is the plural of quail.
quails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of quail.
Meaning of quail
Noun
quail (countable and uncountable, plural quails or 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 require little water, so there is no point to putting in a guzzler if there is any permanent water within travel range.1954, Wildlife Review, numbers 75-83, page 44
- The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- A prostitute.
- Her's Agamemnon, an honeſt fellow inough and one that loues quailes, but hee has not ſo much braine as eare-wax, […]c. 1602, William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. Excellently Expressing the Beginning of their Loues, with the Conceited Wooing of Pandarus, Prince of Licia, London...
Phrases with quails
- sea quails
- wood quails
- dying quails
- button quails
- common quails
- Mearns quails
- scaled quails
- bustard quails
- stubble quails
- Gambel's quails
- mountain quails
- pectoral quails
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Words that rhyme with quails
Questions about quails
- What is quails the plural of?
- Quails is the plural of quail.
- How do you pronounce quails?
- Quails is pronounced /kweɪlz/.
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