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Meanings of bobwhite in English

Catalan
perdiu

A popular North American game bird; named for its call.

perdiu
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Examples for "partridge"
Examples for "partridge"
1
As it grew higher it hid the leverets and the partridge chicks.
Nature Near London
2
Yesterday I hunted; it was partridge I got, and one fine deer.
The Moccasin Maker
3
So even Nanahboozhoo had to confirm the name of the little partridge.
Algonquin Indian Tales
4
He specified the partridge by her cry, and the forest prowler by
The Christian Home / As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Ch...
5
So we sat down and ate some more of the partridge raw.
A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador
1
There were the bobwhite quail, beloved of hunters with retrievers and shotguns.
Anthill: a novel
2
Its song had only 2 notes (like the call of the bobwhite quail).
The new yorker
3
Two bobwhite quail exploded out from behind one of the stumps and flew away through the trees on the opposite side.
Anthill: a novel
Usage of bobwhite in English
1
A bobwhite chirped its eternal question in the taut silence that followed.
Explosive
2
There were the bobwhite quail, beloved of hunters with retrievers and shotguns.
Anthill: a novel
3
Its song had only 2 notes (like the call of the bobwhite quail).
The new yorker
4
Ruffed grouse rapidly disappearing; bobwhite becoming scarce.-(E.L. Ewbank, Hendersonville.)
Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
5
The 'bobwhite' is the funniest little bird.
Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)
6
Two bobwhite quail exploded out from behind one of the stumps and flew away through the trees on the opposite side.
Anthill: a novel
7
Above her head, bobwhites overpopulated the oaks.
Mysterious Skin
Frequent collocations
Translations for bobwhite
Catalan
perdiu
Bobwhite through the time