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
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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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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