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Quadruped is the group of animals with four feet.
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The quagga or couagga (Equus quagga) was an African horse-like mammal related to the zebra. In colour they resembled the ass, but differed in having short ears and in the arrangement of the hairs on the tail, which were similar to those of a horse. The body was a generally reddish-brown colour. The head, neck and anterior half of the body were striped with a darker brown, the stripes fading away in the posterior region. The under surface, together with the legs and the lower part of the tail was white, while, as in asses, there was a dark line along the back.
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The quail (Coturnix) is the smallest genus of the partridge family. The Common, or Migratory Quail (Coturnix coturnix or Coturnix communis) is rarely seen, its presence being more frequently heralded by its characteristic call 'wet-my-lips'. It inhabits north and southern Africa, Europe and a large part of Asia. Northern populations migrate to Africa and southern Asia.
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Quamash (Camassia esculenta) is a North American plant of the lily family with an edible root which is eaten by the Indians.
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Quamoclit is a genus of climbing ornamental plants of the family Convolvulaceae.
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The Quarter Horse is America's oldest and most popular breed of horse developed during the 17th century from Andalusian, Barb, Arabian and Thoroughbreds introduced by the Spanish and British. The Quarter Horse is a solidly built, small horse standing between 14.3 and 16 hands high and occurs in any solid colour. They are calm and have a well-balanced temperament making them a first-class riding horse.
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Quassia is a genus of tropical American trees named after a renowned black man named Quassi who used the bark of the tree as a remedy for fever, belonging to the family Simarubeae. There is only one species, Quassia amara, the Jamaica Quassia also known as bitter wood or bitter ash, which grows to around 25 meters tall with an erect stem one meter in diameter. The bark is smooth and greyish in colour. The leaves are alternate, unequally pinnate with opposite leaflets, rectangular, acuminate and unequal at the base. The tree bears small pale yellowish green flowers in October and November followed by a fruit composed of three drupes the size of a pea. The timber is very tough, close grained and white, changing to yellow in colour on exposure to the air.
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Quedius is a genus of rove beetles, Staphylinidae varying in length from 5 to 15 mm, with 43 species in Britain where they mostly live in ground litter and moss.
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The Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia) is a species of brush- footed butterfly (Nymphalidae) distributed from northern Africa across Europe and Asia to the Himalayas and western China. A shy butterfly, the Queen of Spain Fritillary produces two generations in the summer and flies from February or April to October.
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The Queensland Nut (Macadamia tetraphylla) is an Australian tree of the genus Macadamia which yields an edible nut.
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Quercus is a genus of trees and shrubs belonging to the family Cupuliferae. The species include
Quercus robur, the black or common oak.
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The quezal or quetzal (Pharomacrus mocinno) is a beautiful bird of the Trogon family found in Central America. It is about the size of a magpie and the male has tail-feathers which are an emerald green colour and are about one meter long. The quezal lives in forests and feeds on fruits.
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The quince (Cydonia oblonga) is a decidious shrub or small tree of the Rosaceae family, with grey felted shoots. The leaves are alternate, entire, ovate to rectangular, glabrous above, white-woolly beneath. The large flowers are whitish, short-stalked and solitary. The fruit is a large, globose or pear-shaped, felted, aromatic pome with firm flesh and dark- brown flattened seeds which are poisonous. The fruit is at first green and yellow when ripe.
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