Meaning of coturnism | Babel Free
Definitions
An illness in humans caused by eating quail that have eaten poisonous plants.
uncountable
Examples
“Jelliffe and Jelliffe (1982) have chapters dealing with natural plant poisonings, for example, aflatoxicosis, coturnism, Ackee poisoning, Lathyrism, Djenkol bean, and mushrooms.”
“Another major question for consideration is why are not all quail toxic, or phrased a different way, why are there not more reported cases of coturnism?”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.