partridge
noun
any of several Old World gallinaceous game birds of the subfamily Perdicinae, especially Perdix perdix.
partridges
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pluralof partridge.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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From the passenger seat, I often spotted rabbits fleeing down dirt roads and scampering under bushes, many joined by red-legged partridges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Weeks later, the disease was again confirmed at a commercial gamebird premises near Wrexham, containing more than 20,000 pheasants and partridges.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
There, they used to pick blueberries, hunt moose and partridges, and fish walleyed pike and trout.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
The royal family’s 20,000-acre country estate in Norfolk, where Queen Elizabeth II enjoyed spending Christmas and shooting partridges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
Its stomach had been stitched closed, and it was stuffed with partridges that in turn were stuffed with plums.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
