Plural of colin; common quail birds found in the Americas, often hunted as game birds.
From Spanish 'colín' (a type of quail), borrowed into English in colonial times; related to the Nahuatl origins of quail terminology.
Bob-white quails (which are colins!) got their name because their calls sound like 'bob WHITE'—and they've been such popular game birds that some species are now endangered from overhunting!
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