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quistula

quistula [ME quiste+-ula] , quail (Coturnix coturnix) or wood pigeon (Columba palumbus). de ovis quiscule [Trevisa: quisquile]. ova quiscule [Trevisa: quaile eiren] sunt parva et rotunda Bart. Angl. XIX 108; qwaylle, byrd, quistiola, -le PP; sunt bona ‥ / quiscula [gl.: quayle] vel merula, fasianus et ortigometra Dieta 56; a qukayle [v. l. qwayle], quisquila CathA.

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