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caille

/kaj/

adjective/kaj/

multicoloured, spotted

1881, "Le boute-selle" in French Nursery Rhymes, Librarie Hachette & cie, page 25To Versailles, to Versailles, / On the tail of a big spotted cow.

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French quaille.

noun, feminine/kaj/plural: cailles

quail

Synonyms: perdrix

Related: caille des blés, roi des cailles

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French quaille.