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Verb: quail  kweyl
  1. Draw back, as with fear or pain
    - flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, blench []
Noun: quail  kweyl
  1. Flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
     
  2. Small gallinaceous game birds

Derived forms: quailing, quails, quailed

Type of: move, phasianid, wildfowl

Part of: bevy

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