partridge
See also: Partridge
English
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Etymology
From Middle English partrich, partriche, pertriche, perdriz, from Old French perdriz, partriz, from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”), probably from πέρδομαι (pérdomai, “to fart”).
Noun
partridge (plural partridges or partridge)
- (ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
- On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.
- (obsolete, military) A type cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones.
Derived terms
- African partridge
- Arabian partridge
- bamboo partridge
- Barbary partridge
- bearded partridge
- birch partridge
- blackheaded partridge
- black wood-partridge
- Bonham's partridge
- buff-breasted partridge
- California partridge
- capoeira partridge
- chukar partridge
- common partridge
- crested partridge
- crested wood partridge
- crimson-headed partridge
- Daurian partridge
- ferruginous wood partridge
- French partridge
- Gambel's partridge
- gray partridge, grey partridge
- Greek partridge
- green wood partridge
- Guiana partridge
- Hey's partridge
- hill partridge
- Himalayan partridge
- Hodgson’s partridge
- Hungarian partridge
- long-billed partridge
- Madagascar partridge
- Massena partridge
- mountain partridge
- Namaqua partridge
- night partridge
- painted partridge
- partridge berry, partridge-berry, partridgeberry
- partridge bird
- partridge-breast
- partridge-breasted aloe
- partridge breeder
- partridge brood
- partridge bush
- partridge cane
- partridge chick
- partridge Cochin
- partridge country
- partridge dance
- partridge dove
- partridge drive
- partridge-driving
- partridge feather
- partridge fillet
- partridge hackle
- partridge hawk
- partridge-legged clover
- partridge-like
- partridge mew
- partridge-mortar
- partridge net
- partridge pea
- partridge pie
- partridge pigeon
- partridge plum
- partridge poult
- partridger
- partridge shell
- partridge shooter
- partridge shooting
- partridge-shot
- partridge tun
- partridge-vine
- partridge wing
- partridge-wood
- partridging
- Philby's partridge
- plumed partridge
- Przevalski's partridge
- red-crowned wood partridge
- red-legged partridge, redlegged partridge
- rock partridge
- Rubeho forest partridge
- sand partridge
- sanguine partridge
- sea partridge
- see-see partridge
- snow partridge
- spruce partridge
- stone partridge
- swamp partridge
- Tibetan partridge
- tree partridge
- Udzungwa forest partridge
- water partridge
- white-browed partridge
- white partridge
- wood partridge
Translations
any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
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