bobwhite
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Since immediately after World War II, the massive inflow of English words has represented modernity and "internationalization."
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- noun A small North American quail (Colinus virginianus) having brown plumage with white markings.
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The long Latinate adjectives require further lengthening with the adverbial suffix, and who would ever use dextrogyrately or sinistrorsally?
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3 -
Since immediately after World War II, the massive inflow of English words has represented modernity and "internationalization."
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3 - There was no sound but the call of a bobwhite from the distance. — Cold Mountain
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The northern bobwhite is the only species found in its territory, but there are variants in color between the eastern, great plains and Texas, and the Florida birds.
— The Facts: News - "I'll teach you how to imitate a bobwhite; then, whenever I hear that bird call, I'll always know it's you. — The Secret Of The Mansion
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- Imitative of its call.
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/ (bŏb-hwītˈ, -wītˈ)/
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