What is "quail snipe"

Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[=i]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn["a]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See Snap, Snaffle.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacid[ae], having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

   Note: The common, or whole, snipe ( Gallinago c[oe]lestis) and the great, or double, snipe ( G. major), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ( G. delicata) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ( Macrohamphus griseus), are well-known American species.

2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.]
   --Shak.

   Half snipe, the dunlin; the jacksnipe.

   Jack snipe. See Jacksnipe.

   Quail snipe. See under Quail.

   Robin snipe, the knot.

   Sea snipe. See in the Vocabulary.

   Shore snipe, any sandpiper.

   Snipe hawk, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]

   Stone snipe, the tattler.

   Summer snipe, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers.

   Winter snipe. See Rock snipe, under Rock.

   Woodcock snipe, the great snipe.

Quail \Quail\, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia, qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel, OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail ( Coturnix communis), the rain quail ( Coturnix Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail ( Coturnix pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail ( Synoicus australis).

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail ( Calipepla Californica).

3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail ( Turnix varius). See Turnix.

4. A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird. [Obs.]
   --Shak.

   Bustard quail (Zo["o]l.), a small Asiatic quail-like bird of the genus Turnix, as Turnix taigoor, a black-breasted species, and the hill bustard quail ( Turnix ocellatus). See Turnix.

   Button quail (Zo["o]l.), one of several small Asiatic species of Turnix, as Turnix Sykesii, which is said to be the smallest game bird of India.

   Mountain quail. See under Mountain.

   Quail call, a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net or within range.

   Quail dove (Zo["o]l.), any one of several American ground pigeons belonging to Geotrygon and allied genera.

   Quail hawk (Zo["o]l.), the New Zealand sparrow hawk ( Hieracidea Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]).

   Quail pipe. See Quail call, above.

   Quail snipe (Zo["o]l.), the dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin snipe, and brown snipe.

   Sea quail (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone. [Local, U. S.]