made by art; not natural or pathologic. 1  artificial respiration any method of forcing air into the lungs in a person who still has a pulse but whose breathing has stopped. Artificial respiration can be given with no equipment, so that it is an ideal emergency first aid procedure. 2  Indications.
stool pigeon - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police. canary, fink, snitch, stoolie, stoolpigeon, sneaker, snitcher, sneak. betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer, rat - one who reveals confidential information in return for money.
A quail is a ground bird who seldom flies. It prefers to run in ground cover and nests in that same ground cover. It is a smallish bird, generally weighing less than two pounds. 1. a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World. 2. any of several other birds of the genus Coturnix and allied genera. 3. any of various New World gallinaceous game birds of the genus Colinus and allied genera, esp. the bobwhite. A quail is a ground bird who seldom flies. It prefers to run in ground cover and nests in that same ground cover. It is a smallish bird, generally weighing less than two pounds. 1. a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, <i>Coturnix coturnix,</i> of the Old World. 2. any of several other birds of the genus <i>Coturnix</i> and allied genera.