colin
English
Etymology
French colin, properly a diminutive of Colas, contracted from Nicolas (“Nicholas”).
Noun
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)
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Catalan
Verb
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
colin m (plural colins)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “colin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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