Quail

Definition

= small brown bird streaked with white, the smallest of the game birds; looks like a miniature {L:partridge<SDBH:קֹרֵא>}, with a small white patch beneath its beak, a white stripe above its eye, and another around its neck; the males have a black chest stripe above a chestnut-colored breast patch; ◄ Coturnix coturnix; ► clean animal and therefore fit for consumption