noun
- A small game bird of the quail family, especially the bobwhite, found in North America.
Usage: Often used in the phrase 'bobwhite colin' or simply 'colin' to refer to the bobwhite quail.
Examples
- The colin's distinctive call sounds like its name: 'bob-white.'
- Hunters often pursue colin in the fall hunting season.
- A covey of colin flushed from the brush as we walked through the field.
- The colin is a popular game bird in the southern United States.