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Meanings of partridge in English

Russian
куропатковые
Portuguese
perdiz
Spanish
perdiz
Catalan
perdiu
Wikidata

Common name for a type of bird.

        куропатковые
        Catalan
        perdiu

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

              perdiu
              Catalan
              perdiu

              Valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada.

                    perdiu
                    Portuguese
                    perdiz
                    Catalan
                    perdiu
                    Spanish
                    tinamidae

                    Heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds.

                          perdiz
                          Usage of partridge in English
                          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
                          6
                          Rose was like a plump partridge attracting the knife of a gourmet.
                          An Old Maid
                          7
                          This evening, however, with the advent of the partridge she did speak.
                          Five Tales
                          8
                          A partridge or two whirred across the path from copse to meadow.
                          Jaffery
                          9
                          Who more delighted in striking down the partridge or the wild duck?
                          A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucesters...
                          10
                          I was watching the goshawk on the partridge and heard you not.
                          Sir Nigel
                          11
                          You are going to have some little green oysters and a partridge.
                          Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Volume 02
                          12
                          Our supper consisted of tripe de roche and half a partridge each.
                          The Journey to the Polar Sea
                          13
                          There is likewise a small-sized partridge, which is improperly called the quail.
                          The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
                          14
                          It is exactly like a small partridge, and is most excellent eating.
                          A First Year in Canterbury Settlement
                          15
                          Wait and see what a fool he is compared with a mother-partridge.
                          Wild Animals I Have Known
                          16
                          I am going down to my friends, the Brambers, for partridge shooting.
                          He Knew He Was Right
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                          Translations for partridge
                          Portuguese
                          perdiz
                          Partridge through the time
                          Partridge across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Less common