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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  1. 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
  • 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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  1. Imitative of its call.

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/ (bŏb-hwītˈ, -wītˈ)/
ahd pronounces "bobwhite"
by American Heritage Dictionary

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