partridge
any of several Old World gallinaceous game birds of the subfamily Perdicinae, especially Perdix perdix.
Chiefly Northern U.S. the ruffed grouse.
Origin of partridge
1Other words from partridge
- par·tridge·like, adjective
Other definitions for Partridge (2 of 2)
Eric (Hon·ey·wood) [huhn-ee-wood], /ˈhʌn iˌwʊd/, 1894–1979, British lexicographer, born in New Zealand.
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How to use partridge in a sentence
He even claims that hen partridges conceive just by smelling the scent of males.
Please send me some more pheasants or partridges cooked as before, and sewn up in sacking.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton LaurieThe pheasants and the partridges arrived in time, and we lunched off them sumptuously to-day; many thanks.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton LaurieThe Seljouks, like frighted partridges, scampered over rocks and craggy peaks, where their heavy-armed foe might not follow.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisWell, I went for a ride yesterday after discussing your most excellent partridges at lunch, and saw my new draft.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton Laurie
I returned, mad and wet, with a dozen partridges and a white hare—brown at that season—and William cooked them vilely.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for partridge (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpɑːtrɪdʒ) /
any of various small Old World gallinaceous game birds of the genera Perdix, Alectoris, etc, esp P. perdix (common or European partridge): family Phasianidae (pheasants)
US and Canadian any of various other gallinaceous birds, esp the bobwhite and ruffed grouse
Origin of partridge
1British Dictionary definitions for Partridge (2 of 2)
/ (ˈpɑːtrɪdʒ) /
Eric (Honeywood). 1894–1979, British lexicographer, born in New Zealand; author of works on English usage, idiom, slang, and etymology
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