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red-legged partridge

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any partridge of species Alectoris rufa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

common western European partridge with red legs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Alectoris ruffa

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: partridge

History

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Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: perdiz — red-legged partridge
  • Asturian: perdiz colorada — red-legged partridge
  • Danish: rødhøne — red-legged partridge
  • Dutch: rode patrijs — red-legged partridge
  • Faroese: gjørðut høna — red-legged partridge
  • Finnish: punapyy — red-legged partridge
  • German: Rothuhn — red-legged partridge
  • Greek: κοκκινοπέρδικα (kokkinopérdika) — red-legged partridge
  • Hungarian: vöröslábú fogoly — red-legged partridge
  • Hungarian: vörös fogoly — red-legged partridge
  • Russian: кра́сная куропа́тка (krásnaja kuropátka) — red-legged partridge
  • Swedish: rödhöna — red-legged partridge
  • Volapük: redapädrit — red-legged partridge
  • Welsh: petrisen goesgoch — red-legged partridge