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a fist-sized bird wearing a question mark on its forehead and running like it owes money
head plumethe bobbing topknot is feathers, not one curved feather
covey huddlethey sleep in tight circles, tails in, eyes out
explosive flushburst into flight to startle predators, then crash-land fast
speedy eggfemales lay within weeks of hatching themselves
verb tooto quail means to shrink back in fear