any of several small, drab, terrestrial birds of the family Turnicidae, with all but one species in the genusTurnix and well distributed in the grasslands of Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe: named for their resemblance to Old World true quails, the button quails belong to a different order and are distinct in having neither a hind toe nor a crop.
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Gay marriage was the hot-button fight on the left and right.
Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
The sound of birds, quail, even doe, make a wild grid of noise.
In a hot-button cover story interview with Vanity Fair, Lawrence explained it best.
There is a disconnect, which allows for some distance between his actions and your button presses.
"I verily believe they're gone to look at my button," cried Davy, beginning to laugh, in spite of his fears.
Button Gwinnett, one of the signers, died of a wound received in a duel.
They are brown, ovoid in shape, about 50 long, and have a button-like projection at each end (Fig. 101).
This is then suspended from a button on the trousers so that the bottle rests against the skin of the inguinal region.
As soon as the door had closed, Jack Carlson bounded back to his desk, touched a button on an inter-office communications box.