northern bobwhite

noun

1. See under bobwhite.

noun

1. any of several American quail of the genus Colinus, especially C. virginianus (northern bobwhite), having mottled reddish-brown, black, and white plumage.

noun

1. a brown North American quail, Colinus virginianus, the male of which has white markings on the head: a popular game bird

n.North American partridge, 1819, so called from the sound of its cry.