Thesaurus / quail
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A celebration of the bounty of the Mid-Atlantic — look for quail with wild grapes — the Dabney occasionally incorporates truffles or foie gras into the menu, and “I couldn’t live without olive oil,” jokes the chef.
2021 FALL DINING GUIDETOM SIETSEMAOCTOBER 6, 2021WASHINGTON POST“We expected to find learning evidence in the songbirds but not in the quail and penguins,” Colombelli-Négrel says.
SOME BIRDS LEARN TO RECOGNIZE CALLS WHILE STILL IN THEIR EGGSLESLEY EVANS OGDENSEPTEMBER 16, 2021SCIENCE NEWSThe scientists don’t know why the penguins and quail, which have their own calls genetically baked in, have the ability to distinguish their own species’ calls from those of other birds right from birth.
SOME BIRDS LEARN TO RECOGNIZE CALLS WHILE STILL IN THEIR EGGSLESLEY EVANS OGDENSEPTEMBER 16, 2021SCIENCE NEWSThat’s because penguins and quail are “vocal nonlearners” — birds thought to have calls that are genetically programmed from birth and not learned from a tutor.
SOME BIRDS LEARN TO RECOGNIZE CALLS WHILE STILL IN THEIR EGGSLESLEY EVANS OGDENSEPTEMBER 16, 2021SCIENCE NEWSIn other words, there’s a reason for this research being done and being done in this way that a photo of a quail snorting a line fails to capture.
THE VARIOUS DISHONESTIES IN RAND PAUL’S COCAINE-QUAIL PRESENTATIONPHILIP BUMPMAY 28, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAnd the quail, perched on the fence-stake, would she address herself to us or to Mr. Robert White down in the meadow?
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDAnd he came a step still nearer; and now at last Mary began to dread, but still she did not quail.
GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISA lugubrious quail doled forth a grating, dismal note at long but measured intervals, offending the ear and depressing the heart.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDCHARLES READEFrom the grass nine Indians arose, stooped, and scuttled off like a covey of running quail.
BLAZED TRAIL STORIESSTEWART EDWARD WHITEThe whistle of the quail and the flutter of the perdiz, or pheasant, are heard on all sides in the rural and mountain regions.
BIRDS AND ALL NATURE, VOL. VI, NO. 3, OCTOBER 1899VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO QUAIL
- backfires
- balks
- blanches
- blenches
- blinks
- caroms
- cringes
- demurs
- dodges
- draws back
- ducks
- falters
- flinches
- hesitates
- jerks
- kicks
- pulls back
- quails
- quakes
- reacts
- rebounds
- reels
- resiles
- shakes
- shies away
- shirks
- shrinks
- shudders
- springs
- starts
- steps back
- stickles
- sticks
- swerves
- trembles
- turns away
- wavers
- winces
- withdraws
- abandon
- avoid
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backtrack
- beat it
- cave in
- decamp
- depart
- disengage
- draw back
- ebb
- elude
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- fall back
- fold
- give ground
- go
- go along with
- go back
- hand over
- hide
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- lay down
- leave
- move back
- opt out
- pull out
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- reel
- regress
- relinquish
- resign
- retire
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- run
- seclude oneself
- sequester
- shrink
- start back
- turn tail
- vacate
- withdraw
- abandons
- avoids
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backs
- backtracks
- beats it
- caves in
- decamps
- departs
- disengages
- draws back
- ebbs
- eludes
- escapes
- evacuates
- evades
- falls back
- folds
- gives ground
- goes
- goes along with
- goes back
- hands over
- hides
- keeps aloof
- keeps apart
- leaves
- lies down
- moves back
- opts out
- pulls out
- quails
- quits
- recedes
- recoils
- reels
- regresses
- relinquishes
- resigns
- retires
- retrocedes
- retrogrades
- reverses
- runs
- seclude oneself
- sequesters
- shrinks
- starts back
- turns tail
- vacates
- withdraws
- agitate
- brandish
- bump
- chatter
- churn
- commove
- concuss
- convulse
- discompose
- disquiet
- disturb
- dither
- dodder
- flap
- flicker
- flit
- flitter
- flourish
- fluctuate
- flutter
- jar
- jerk
- jog
- joggle
- jolt
- jounce
- move
- oscillate
- palpitate
- perturb
- quail
- quake
- quaver
- rattle
- reel
- rock
- roil
- ruffle
- set in motion
- shimmer
- shimmy
- shiver
- shudder
- stagger
- stir up
- succuss
- sway
- swing
- totter
- tremor
- upset
- vibrate
- waggle
- water
- wave
- whip
- wobble
- activates
- appears
- arises
- arouses
- comes into is
- commences
- creates
- departs
- embarks
- engenders
- enters upon
- establishes
- finds
- get goes
- gets under way
- goes ahead
- hits the road
- inaugurates
- incites
- initiates
- instigates
- institutes
- introduces
- issues
- launches
- leaves
- lies foundation
- lights
- makes a beginning
- opens
- originates
- pioneers
- rises
- rouses
- sally forth
- sees light
- sets in motion
- sets out
- sets up
- springs
- takes first step
- takes the plunge
- turns on
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