Definition of Rain quail. Meaning of Rain quail. Synonyms of Rain quail

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Rain quail. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Rain quail and, of course, Rain quail synonyms and on the right images related to the word Rain quail.

Definition of Rain quail

Rain quail
Rain Rain, n. [OF. rein, AS. regen; akin to OFries. rein, D. & G. regen, OS. & OHG. regan, Icel., Dan., & Sw. regn, Goth. rign, and prob. to L. rigare to water, to wet; cf. Gr. ? to wet, to rain.] Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops. Rain is water by the heat of the sun divided into very small parts ascending in the air, till, encountering the cold, it be condensed into clouds, and descends in drops. --Ray. Fair days have oft contracted wind and rain. --Milton. Note: Rain is distinguished from mist by the size of the drops, which are distinctly visible. When water falls in very small drops or particles, it is called mist; and fog is composed of particles so fine as to be not only individually indistinguishable, but to float or be suspended in the air. See Fog, and Mist. Rain band (Meteorol.), a dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the presence of watery vapor in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes used in weather predictions. Rain bird (Zo["o]l.), the yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.] The name is also applied to various other birds, as to Saurothera vetula of the West Indies. Rain fowl (Zo["o]l.), the channel-bill cuckoo (Scythrops Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) of Australia. Rain gauge, an instrument of various forms measuring the quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given time; a pluviometer; an ombrometer. Rain goose (Zo["o]l.), the red-throated diver, or loon. [Prov. Eng.] Rain prints (Geol.), markings on the surfaces of stratified rocks, presenting an appearance similar to those made by rain on mud and sand, and believed to have been so produced. Rain quail. (Zo["o]l.) See Quail, n., 1. Rain water, water that has fallen from the clouds in rain.

Meaning of Rain quail from wikipedia

- The rain quail or black-breasted quail (Coturnix coromandelica) is a species of quail found in the Indian Sub-continent and South-east Asia; its range...
- Rain quail, Coturnix coromandelica Harlequin quail, Coturnix delegorguei †Canary Islands quail, Coturnix gomerae (fossil) Genus Synoicus Brown quail,...
- ypsilophorus Snow Mountain quail, Synoicus monorthonyx Blue quail, Synoicus adansonii King quail, Synoicus chinensis Genus Coturnix Rain quail, Coturnix coromandelica...
- Coturnix Rain quail (C. coromandelica) Harlequin quail (C. delegorguei) Common quail (C. coturnix) ****anese quail (C. ****onica) Stubble quail (C. pectoralis)...
- five extant species and five to eight known extinct species of Old World quail. These species are distributed throughout Africa, Eurasia, Australia, and...
- sometimes grouped in the Perdicinae subfamily of the Phasianidae (pheasants, quail, etc.). However, molecular research suggests that partridges are not a distinct...
- Coturnix Rain quail (C. coromandelica) Harlequin quail (C. delegorguei) Common quail (C. coturnix) ****anese quail (C. ****onica) Stubble quail (C. pectoralis)...
- schlegelii Coturnix Rain quail, Coturnix coromandelica Harlequin quail, Coturnix delegorguei Common quail, Coturnix coturnix ****anese quail, Coturnix ****onica...
- Coturnix Rain quail (C. coromandelica) Harlequin quail (C. delegorguei) Common quail (C. coturnix) ****anese quail (C. ****onica) Stubble quail (C. pectoralis)...
- Coturnix Rain quail (C. coromandelica) Harlequin quail (C. delegorguei) Common quail (C. coturnix) ****anese quail (C. ****onica) Stubble quail (C. pectoralis)...