What is "quinella"

form of betting in which the bettor picks the first and second horses in a given race, 1942, American English, from American Spanish quiniela, originally a ball game with five players, from Latin quini "five each," from quinque "five" (see quinque-). The sense evolution in Spanish was said to be from the game to a wager on the scores of the players, hence "any wager against the house."

n. (context gambling horse racing English) A form of bet in which the bettor predicts the first two finishers in a race, without concern for the order of finishing. vb. (context Australia New Zealand English) To have two team members, horses, etc., finish first and second in the same event.

Quinella is an album by American southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in November 1981. (See 1981 in music).

Quinella is a genus of bacteria in the Veillonellaceae family. Its only species, Quinella ovalis, is an extremely large motile rumen anaerobic prokaryote previously known as "Quin's Oval".

In the illustrated atlas of sheep rumen organisms of Moir and Masson, their organism no. 3 represents Quinella ovalis.

Quinella may refer to:

• Quinella (album), an album by the musical group Atlanta Rhythm Section
• Quinella (bacterium), a genus of bacteria in the family Veillonellaceae
• Quinella (bet), a type of parimutuel bet