colin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French colin, properly a diminutive of Colas, contracted from Nicolas (“Nicholas”).
Noun[edit]
colin (plural colins)
- The American quail or bobwhite, or related species.
- 1859, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Illustrated natural history of the animal kingdom (volume 2, page 244)
- To this belongs the Colin or Quail of New England and Partridge of the South […]
- 1923, Thomas Alfred Coward, Bird haunts and nature memories (page 206)
- Many efforts have been made to improve and increase the variety of our game stock, but whereas the Barbary partridge, the willow grouse, the colin, bob-white, button quail, and even tinamou have been tried and failed […]
- 1859, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Illustrated natural history of the animal kingdom (volume 2, page 244)
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
colin
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
colin m (plural colins)
Synonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “colin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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