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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of diminutive quails, of which the sexes are dissimilar in plumage aud the coloration is much variegated, inhabiting Africa, Asia, Australia, etc.; the painted quails. The best-known species is the blue-breasted Chinese quail, E. chinensis.
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