quail
noun/kweɪl/
/kweɪl/
[countable, uncountable] (plural quails, quail)
- a small brown bird, whose meat and eggs are used for food; the meat of this bird
鹌鹑；鹌鹑肉 Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old French quaille, from medieval Latin coacula (probably imitative of its call).