bobwhites

Variant of bobwhite

bobwhite definition

☆ bob·white (bäb′hwīt′, -wīt′)

noun pl. bobwhites -·whites′ or bobwhite -·white′

a small North American quail (Colinus virginianus) having markings of brown and white on a gray body; partridge

Etymology: echoic, after its call

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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