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    GENUS COLINUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    New World quail: the bobwhitesplay

    Synonyms:

    Colinus; genus Colinus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Colinus" is a kind of...):

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Colinus"):

    bobwhite; bobwhite quail; partridge (a popular North American game bird; named for its call)

    Holonyms ("genus Colinus" is a member of...):

    family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)

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