name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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name
A minor city in Reno County, Kansas, United States, named after the bird.
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noun
Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
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noun
The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
A type of cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones.
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Usage: obsolete
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus
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Broader terms: grouse
noun
a popular North American game bird; named for its call
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bobwhite, bobwhite quail
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Broader terms: quail
Narrower terms: northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus
noun
small Old World gallinaceous game birds
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Broader terms: phasianid
Narrower terms: Hungarian partridge, grey partridge, gray partridge, Perdix perdix, red-legged partridge, Alectoris ruffa, Greek partridge, rock partridge, Alectoris graeca, mountain quail, mountain partridge, Oreortyx picta palmeri
noun
heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tinamou
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Broader terms: game bird
noun
flesh of either quail or grouse
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Broader terms: wildfowl
History
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”).
Across languages
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