quail call

noun

variants or quail pipe

: a call or pipe imitating the characteristic note of a quail for the purpose of luring the birds into a net or within range

Word History

Etymology

quail call from quail entry 1 + call; quail pipe from Middle English quaile pipe, from quaile quail + pipe

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