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Meanings of partridge in inglês

russo
куропатковые
português
perdiz
espanhol
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catalão
perdiu
Wikidata

Common name for a type of bird.

perdiz
catalão
perdiu

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

perdiu
catalão
perdiu

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

perdiu
português
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catalão
perdiu
espanhol
tinamidae

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

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Sinônimos
Examples for "ruffed grouse"
Examples for "ruffed grouse"
1
There goes a ruffed grouse from the snow, scarce a rod ahead.
Some Winter Days in Iowa
2
They were not ruffed grouse, but a kindred kind, new to Rolf.
Rolf in the Woods
3
The woods contain partridge, or ruffed grouse, and other game in smaller quantities.
The Celebrity, Volume 03
4
There was a mad whirring and fluttering from the ruffed grouse.
Out with Gun and Camera; or, The Boy Hunters in the Mountains
5
I felt sure the bird was the ruffed grouse, and a very fine specimen.
Swiss Family Robinson
Usage of partridge in inglês
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
português
perdiz
Partridge through the time
Partridge across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common