Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Related to or resembling a partridge or a quail; of or pertaining to the Perdicinæ, in any sense.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the family Perdicidæ, or partridges.

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  • adjective zoology Of or relating to the family Perdicidae, the partridges.

Etymologies

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See perdix.

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Examples

  • A new genus and species of perdicine bird (Phasianidae, Perdicini) from Tanzania: a relict form with Indo-Malayan affinities.

    Eastern Arc forests 2007

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