Phrase guide

king quail

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A bird of the species Synoicus chinensis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blue-breasted quail, Asian blue quail, Chinese painted quail

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

king + quail

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Banjarese: pipikau — S. chinensis
  • Bulgarian: кита́йски пъдпъдъ́к (kitájski pǎdpǎdǎ́k) — S. chinensis
  • Cebuano: pitpitaw — S. chinensis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小鵪鶉 /小鹌鹑 (xiǎo ānchún) — S. chinensis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藍胸鶉 /蓝胸鹑 (lánxiōng chún) — S. chinensis
  • Danish: kinesisk dværgvagtel — S. chinensis
  • Dutch: Chinese dwergkwartel — S. chinensis
  • Finnish: idänsiniviiriäinen — S. chinensis
  • Galician: paspallás chinés — S. chinensis
  • German: Zwergwachtel — S. chinensis
  • Hungarian: kínai törpefürj — S. chinensis
  • Indonesian: puyuh batu — S. chinensis
  • Irish: gearg Shíneach — S. chinensis
  • Italian: quaglia della Cina — S. chinensis
  • Japanese: ヒメウズラ (himeuzura) — S. chinensis
  • Kapampangan: púgung pálé — S. chinensis
  • Malayalam: നീലമാറൻ കാട (nīlamāṟaṉ kāṭa) — S. chinensis
  • Marathi: निळ्या छातीचा लावा (niḷyā chātīcā lāvā) — S. chinensis
  • Marathi: गरंज लावा (garañja lāvā) — S. chinensis
  • Polish: przepiórka chińska — S. chinensis
  • Portuguese: codorniz-da-china — S. chinensis
  • Portuguese: codorniz-chinesa — S. chinensis
  • Portuguese: codorna-azul-pintada — S. chinensis
  • Romansh: quacra nanina — S. chinensis
  • Russian: расписно́й пе́репел (raspisnój pérepel) — S. chinensis
  • Spanish: codorniz china — S. chinensis
  • Spanish: codorniz azul china — S. chinensis
  • Tamil: அரச காடை (araca kāṭai) — S. chinensis
  • Ukrainian: кита́йська перепі́лка (kytájsʹka perepílka) — S. chinensis
  • Ukrainian: азі́йська блаки́тна перепі́лка (azíjsʹka blakýtna perepílka) — S. chinensis
  • Vietnamese: chim cút ngực lam — S. chinensis
  • Waray-Waray: pitpitaw — S. chinensis