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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Of or relating to the family Perdicidae, the
partridges .
Etymologies
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See perdix.
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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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