Quail definition

Quail

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WordNet

(1) Small gallinaceous game birds

(2) Flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

(3) Draw back, as with fear or pain

"She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

WiktionaryText

Any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae.

To shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p25
  
  His heart quailed before the enormous pyramidal shape.