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Some birds cower (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

quail

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'cower' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for quail that I've seen before include "Show fear - of small game bird?" , "Small bird of the partridge family" , "See little bird" , "Flinch from small gamebird?" , "Game bird - cower" .)

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