Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Partridges proper, the typical genus of Perdicinæ, formerly more than conterminous with the Perdicinæ, now restricted to a few species like the common European partridge, P. cinerea. See cut under
partridge . - noun A genus of gastropods, now referred to Dolium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a genus of Perdicinae
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Examples
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It all boils down to confidence and leadership. perdix
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No doubt a considerable influence on the decision to delay further announcements was how poorly those made so far have been received by all except the usual fawning Cameroon suspects. perdix
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Funny how some people suddenly experience the urge to 'right wrongs' - ONLY when they are suitably retired and well set up. perdix
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And I, too, would like to know what The Spectator (1828) Manifesto actually states. perdix
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Birds include chukar (Alectoris chukar), partridge (Perdix perdix) and eagles (Aquila spp.).
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The coat, the clock! clock! and the nimble running over the rocks, ever the favourite haunt, denote the “perdix.”
The Land of Midian 2003
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The following day after starting, we left the line of march to shoot; saw one boar, plenty of foxes and wolves, and we put up another hyæna, but the bag consisted principally of partridges, the red-legged partridge or perdix ruffa, killed, by the Bey, who is
Travels in Morocco 2003
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- The European (or gray) partridge (Perdix perdix);
5 Chicken 1991
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In England the term is applied only to the true partridge (Perdix perdix) and its nearly related varieties, but in the United States it is also used to designate the ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus), the common quail (Colinus virginianus) and various other tetraonoid birds.
Chapter 2. The Beginnings of American. 4. Changed Meanings Henry Louis 1921
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Huc doctae stipentur aues quis nobile fandi ius natura dedit: plangat Phoebeius ales, auditasque memor penitus dimittere uoces sturnus, et Aonio uersae certamine picae, quique refert iungens iterata uocabula perdix, 20 et quae Bistonio queritur soror orba cubili. ferte simul gemitus cognataque ducite flammis funera, et hoc cunctae miserandum addiscite carmen:
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