PARTRIDGE
\pˈɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ], \pˈɑːtɹɪdʒ], \p_ˈɑː_t_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ]\
Definitions of PARTRIDGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a popular North American game bird; named for its call
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valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
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small Old World gallinaceous game birds
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flesh of either quail or grouse
By Princeton University
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a popular North American game bird; named for its call
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valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
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(US usage) flesh of either quail or grouse
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small Old World gallinaceous game birds
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidae, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird.
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Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus, and allied genera.
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The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus).
By Oddity Software
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Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidae, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird.
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Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus, and allied genera.
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The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus).
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Old English, Latin, Greek] A native game bird, of a grey colour mottled with brow, having naked feet, and usually found flying in coveys or broods. A variety with red legs is found in Guernsey, and in one form or another it occurs throughout Europe, in Northern Africa, India, and China.
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