Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A button-quail or hemipod; a three-toed quaillike bird of the genus Turnix, Hemipodius, or Ortygis. See
Turnicidæ and Hemipodii.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of several species of East Indian birds of the genera Ortygis and Hemipodius. They resemble quails, but lack the hind toe. See
turnix .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology One of several
species of East Indianbirds of thegenera Ortygis and Hemipodius, resemblingquails .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several East Indian birds
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, meaning "quail".
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hernesheir commented on the word ortygan
It's a bird.
January 24, 2013