quails 音标拼音: [kw'elz]
Turnix \
Tur "
nix \,
n . [
NL .,
fr .
L .
coturnix a quail .] (
Zool .)
Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to {
Turnix }
or {
Hemipodius }
and allied genera of the family {
Turnicidae }.
These birds resemble quails and partridges in general appearance and in some of their habits ,
but differ in important anatomical characteristics .
The hind toe is usually lacking .
They are found in Asia ,
Africa ,
Southern Europe ,
the East Indian Islands ,
and esp .
in Australia and adjacent islands ,
where they are called {
quails } (
see {
Quail },
n .,
3 .).
See {
Turnicimorphae }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Quails The Israelites were twice relieved in their privation by a miraculous supply of quails , (
1 )
in the wilderness of Sin (
Ex .
16 :
13 ),
and (
2 )
again at Kibroth -
hattaavah (
q .
v .),
Num .
11 :
31 .
God "
rained flesh upon them as dust ,
and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea " (
Ps .
78 :
27 ).
The words in Num .
11 :
31 ,
according to the Authorized Version ,
appear to denote that the quails lay one above another to the thickness of two cubits above the ground .
The Revised Version ,
however ,
reads , "
about two cubits above the face of the earth ",
i .
e .,
the quails flew at this height ,
and were easily killed or caught by the hand .
Being thus secured in vast numbers by the people ,
they "
spread them all abroad " (
11 :
32 )
in order to salt and dry them .
These birds (
the Coturnix vulgaris of naturalists )
are found in countless numbers on the shores of the Mediterranean ,
and their annual migration is an event causing great excitement .
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