Word: buttonquail
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bu
tton
quail
Definition: Any of several species of small terrestrial birds, principally in the genus Turnix of the family Turnicidae.
Morphemes:
Affix: button
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
Affix: quail
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.