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Noun: bobwhite  'bób'wIt
  1. Small game bird of eastern and central North America
    "We heard the distinctive 'bob-white' call of the bobwhite in the field";
    - bobwhite quail, partridge [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: bobwhites

Type of: quail

Part of: Colinus, genus Colinus

Encyclopedia: Bobwhite