quail

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. flesh of quail;
suitable for roasting or broiling if young;
otherwise must be braised
• Topics:
game bird
• Hypernyms:
wildfowl
2. small gallinaceous game birds
• Hypernyms:
phasianid
• Hyponyms:
bobwhite, bobwhite quail, partridge, Old World quail, California quail, Lofortyx californicus
• Member Holonyms:
bevy

II - verb

draw back, as with fear or pain (Freq. 1)
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
• Syn:
flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink,
wince, recoil
• Derivationally related forms:
wince (for: wince), flinch (for: flinch)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Hyponyms:
shrink back, retract
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil