Word Quer ies and Pronunciations From Reader Letters
Frank Colby features readers asking about pronunciations and usage. Topics include tester bed terminology, requiting with long i, sweat versus perspiration, and the origin of zenophobia vs xenophobia.
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Quail Family Represented by Five Genera in America
The large quail family is represented in America by five distinct genera. The bird is secretive in all its ways and inhabits mountains deserts and southern and western grasslands.
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