cuisse / quis [kwɪs]
cuisse – n. – History (usually in pl.) thigh armour
quis – n. – a European woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, that ranges from the British Isles to Japan, migrates southward, and has large eyes, a long bill very sensitive at the tip used in probing the ground for earthworms, and a variously mottled black, chestnut, gray, and buff colour