quail
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
Types & categories
- wildfowl hypernym
Parts & wholes
- quail part holonym
Related & opposite
- game bird domain topic
Sense 2 verb
draw back, as with fear or pain
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Types & categories
- move hypernym
- shrink back hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
small gallinaceous game birds
Types & categories
- phasianid hypernym
- bobwhite hyponym
- Old World quail hyponym
- California quail hyponym
Parts & wholes
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | game bird |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | quail |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wildfowl |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flinch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wince |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrink back |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | bevy |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | quail |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | phasianid |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bobwhite |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Old World quail |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | California quail |