TURNIX SYLVATICA

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Meaning:

A variety of button quail having stripes

Synonyms:

striped button quail; Turnix sylvatica

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Turnix sylvatica" is a kind of...):

bustard quail; button-quail; button quail; hemipode (small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains)

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