Bobwhite vs Colin - What's the difference?
bobwhite | colin |
Any one of four species of quail in the genus Colinus , of the bird family Odontophoridae, limited to the Americas.
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As nouns the difference between bobwhite and colin
is that bobwhite is any one of four species of quail in the genus Colinus, of the bird family Odontophoridae, limited to the Americas while colin is the American quail or bobwhite, or related species.As a proper noun Colin is
a given name derived from Ancient Greek.bobwhite
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Noun
(Bobwhite Quail) (en noun)Derived terms
* crested bobwhite * northern bobwhite * spot-bellied bobwhite * Yucatan bobwhitecolin
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Alternative forms
* CollinProper noun
(en-proper noun) ( plural Colins )- That iolly shepheard, which there piped, was / Poore Colin' Clout (who knowes not ' Colin Clout?)
- "My parents," Powell wrote, "were British subjects, and they named me Colin' (KAH-lin). Being British, they knew very well how the name was supposed to be pronounced. But when I was a young boy, there was a famous American World War II hero whose name became very popular in the streets of New York City. He was Capt. ' Colin P. Kelly Jr. He was called KOH-lin. My friends in the streets of the South Bronx, who heard Captain Kelly's name pronounced in the radio and by their parents and other adults, began to refer to me by the same pronunciation.