資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mountain \Moun"tain\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or
living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines;
mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron.
{Mountain antelope} (Zo["o]l.), the goral.
{Mountain ash} (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus
(Sorbus) Americana}, producing beautiful bunches of red
berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white,
growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the
{P. aucuparia}, or rowan tree.
{Mountain barometer}, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
transportation, used in measuring the heights of
mountains.
{Mountain beaver} (Zo["o]l.), the sewellel.
{Mountain blue} (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
{Mountain cat} (Zo["o]l.), the catamount. See {Catamount}.
{Mountain chain}, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
{Mountain cock} (Zo["o]l.), capercailzie. See {Capercailzie}.
{Mountain cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
cork in its texture.
{Mountain crystal}. See under {Crystal}.
{Mountain damson} (Bot.), a large tree of the genus
{Simaruba} ({S. amarga}) growing in the West Indies, which
affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in
medicine.
{Mountain dew}, Scotch whisky, so called because often
illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]
{Mountain ebony} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia
variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called
because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and
in tanning.
{Mountain flax} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very
fine fibers; amianthus. See {Amianthus}.
{Mountain fringe} (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under
{Fumitory}.
{Mountain goat}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Mazama}.
{Mountain green}. (Min.)
(a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
(b) See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a.
{Mountain holly} (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes
Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
It is found in the Northern United States.
{Mountain laurel} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia
latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is
poisonous. Called also {American laurel}, {ivy bush}, and
{calico bush}. See {Kalmia}.
{Mountain leather} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
leather in its texture.
{Mountain licorice} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Trifolium}
({T. Alpinum}).
{Mountain limestone} (Geol.), a series of marine limestone
strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of {Geology}.
{Mountain linnet} (Zo["o]l.), the twite.
{Mountain magpie}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
(b) The European gray shrike.
{Mountain mahogany} (Bot.) See under {Mahogany}.
{Mountain meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite,
occurring as an efflorescence.
{Mountain milk} (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
lime.
{Mountain mint}. (Bot.) See {Mint}.
{Mountain ousel} (Zo["o]l.), the ring ousel; -- called also
{mountain thrush} and {mountain colley}. See {Ousel}.
{Mountain pride}, or {Mountain green} (Bot.), a tree of
Jamaica ({Spathelia simplex}), which has an unbranched
palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
leaves.
{Mountain quail} (Zo["o]l.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx
pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender,
plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are
chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
{Mountain range}, a series of mountains closely related in
position and direction.
{Mountain rice}. (Bot.)
(a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
(b) An American genus of grasses ({Oryzopsis}).
{Mountain rose} (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary
flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa
alpina}).
{Mountain soap} (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
{Mountain sorrel} (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria
digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.
{Mountain sparrow} (Zo["o]l.), the European tree sparrow.
{Mountain spinach}. (Bot.) See {Orach}.
{Mountain tobacco} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica
montana}) of Europe; called also {leopard's bane}.
{Mountain witch} (Zo["o]l.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of
the genus {Geotrygon}.
Quail \Quail\, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia,
qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel,
OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to {Coturnix}
and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the
common European quail ({C. communis}), the rain quail ({C.
Coromandelica}) of India, the stubble quail ({C.
pectoralis}), and the Australian swamp quail ({Synoicus
australis}).
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several American partridges
belonging to {Colinus}, {Callipepla}, and allied genera,
especially the bobwhite (called {Virginia quail}, and
{Maryland quail}), and the California quail ({Calipepla
Californica}).
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and
allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian
painted quail ({Turnix varius}). See {Turnix}.
4. A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought
to be a very amorous bird.[Obs.] --Shak.
{Bustard quail} (Zo["o]l.), a small Asiatic quail-like bird
of the genus Turnix, as {T. taigoor}, a black-breasted
species, and the hill bustard quail ({T. ocellatus}). See
{Turnix}.
{Button quail} (Zo["o]l.), one of several small Asiatic
species of Turnix, as {T. Sykesii}, which is said to be
the smallest game bird of India.
{Mountain quail}. See under {Mountain}.
{Quail call}, a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net
or within range.
{Quail dove} {(Zo["o]l.)}, any one of several American ground
pigeons belonging to {Geotrygon} and allied genera.
{Quail hawk} (Zo["o]l.), the New Zealand sparrow hawk
({Hieracidea Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]}).
{Quail pipe}. See {Quail call}, above.
{Quail snipe} (Zo["o]l.), the dowitcher, or red-breasted
snipe; -- called also {robin snipe}, and {brown snipe}.
{Sea quail} (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone. [Local, U. S.]
資料來源 : WordNet®
mountain quail
n : California partridge; slightly larger than the California
quail [syn: {mountain partridge}, {Oreortyx picta palmeri}]