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Meanings of gray partridge in English

Common European partridge.

        Usage of gray partridge in English
        1
        Game-birds are found in abundance; both greater and lesser bustard; black and gray partridges, quail, geese, duck, and snipe.
        War in the Garden of Eden
        2
        She was tempted first by the covey of gray partridges she saw pecking at the ripe seeds of ryegrass and einkorn wheat.
        The Plains of Passage