Common name for two distinct groups of BIRDS in the order GALLIFORMES: the New World or American quails of the family Odontophoridae and the Old World quails in the genus COTURNIX, family Phasianidae.
Synonyms: Quails, Quail
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73 ,general or unspecified; prefer COLINUS or COTURNIX; note JAPANESE QUAIL see COTURNIX; diseases: coordinate with BIRD DISEASES
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D011784
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