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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A plump chunky bird (Callipepla californica) of western North America, having gray and brown plumage and a curving black plume on the crown of the head.
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- noun plump chunky bird of coastal California and Oregon
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