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noun
another term for button-quail
‘There's a slim chance of picking up Madeiran petrel on my forthcoming Canaries trip, and I now know of a site in Morocco where the hemipodes are said to be still present and calling.’
- ‘The buttonquails or hemipodes resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails.’
- ‘Also called a hemipode, it resembles a true quail in appearance and way of life but is more closely related to sandgrouse and pigeons.’
- ‘The buttonquails or hemipodes are a small family of birds which closely resemble true quails, but are unrelated to them.’
Origin
Mid 19th century from modern Latin Hemipodius (former genus name), from Greek hēmi- ‘half’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’.
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