n. [ F. colin; prop. a dim. of Colas, contr. fr. Nicolas Nicholas. ] (Zool.) The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of birds including the New World quail and the bobwhites.
Syn. -- genus Colinus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceæ), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; cf. It. francolino, Sp. francolin. ] (Zool.) A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Leuc- + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) A nitrogenous organic base from coal tar, and identical with quinoline. Cf. Quinoline. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicolæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also }. [ From NL. Areca, a genus of palms bearing betel nut. ] An oily liquid substance, C8H13O2N, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action.
Syn. -- arecholine; arecaline; methylarecaidin; methyl N-methyltetrahydronicotinate; 1, 2, 5, 6-tetrahydro-1-methyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid methyl ester. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. pix, picis, pitch + oleum oil + -ine. ] (Chem.) Any one of three isometric bases (C6H7N) related to pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha, as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor; -- called also methyl pyridine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pinacone + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type. [ Written also pinacoline. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Rock-inhabiting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh. ] (Min.) Flesh-colored. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. saxum a rock + colere to inhabit. ] (Zool.) Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, the stonechats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. stercus dung + oleum oil. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Serolin (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sylva, silva, forest + colere to inhabit. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolidae). See Warbler. [ 1913 Webster ]