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Quail  

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Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer COLINUS or COTURNIX; note JAPANESE QUAIL see COTURNIX; diseases: coordinate with BIRD DISEASES

Scope note

  • 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.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011784

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