Definitions for Coturnix

Coturnix co·tur·nix

Spelling: [kuh-tur-niks]
IPA: /kəˈtɜr nɪks/

Coturnix is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 213 anagrams from letters in Coturnix (cinortux).

Definitions for Coturnix

noun

  1. any of several small Old World quails of the genus Coturnix, especially C. japonica (Japanese quail) widely used as a laboratory animal.

Origin of Coturnix

1758; New Latin; Latin cōturnix, coturnix quail

Examples for Coturnix

The only common ones that I can call to mind are the wagtails, the pipits, and the quail (coturnix communis).

These grassy areas were favorite haunts of the Painted Quail, coturnix chinensis.

The gallinaceous birds are represented by a quail, coturnix novae zealandiae, now exterminated.

With the first full moon of September come the grey quail (coturnix communis).

The grey quail (coturnix communis) is a common bird of the Himalayas during a few days only in the year.

The quail, puyuh (coturnix); but whether a native or a bird of passage, I cannot determine.

"coturnix novaezealandiae" retained as printed, but the correct spelling is "novaezelandiae" as printed in the species heading.

The coturnix vulgaris, a gallinaceous bird, allied to the partridge, but of smaller size.

The coturnix is closely allied to the Quail; the only physical distinction between them is the absence of the back toe.

In July the black-breasted or rain-quail (coturnix coromandelica) is plentiful in India.

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