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PARTRIDGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada

Synonyms:

Bonasa umbellus; partridge; ruffed grouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("partridge" is a kind of...):

grouse (popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet)

Holonyms ("partridge" is a member of...):

Bonasa; genus Bonasa (ruffed grouse)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A popular North American game bird; named for its call

Synonyms:

bobwhite; bobwhite quail; partridge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("partridge" is a kind of...):

quail (small gallinaceous game birds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partridge"):

Colinus virginianus; northern bobwhite (a favorite game bird of eastern and central United States)

Holonyms ("partridge" is a member of...):

Colinus; genus Colinus (New World quail: the bobwhites)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small Old World gallinaceous game birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("partridge" is a kind of...):

phasianid (a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partridge"):

gray partridge; grey partridge; Hungarian partridge; Perdix perdix (common European partridge)

Alectoris ruffa; red-legged partridge (common western European partridge with red legs)

Alectoris graeca; Greek partridge; rock partridge (of mountainous areas of southern Europe)

mountain partridge; mountain quail; Oreortyx picta palmeri (California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail)

Holonyms ("partridge" is a member of...):

Perdicidae; Perdicinae; subfamily Perdicidae; subfamily Perdicinae (Old World partridges)

covey (a small flock of grouse or partridge)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

partridge; tinamou

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("partridge" is a kind of...):

game bird (any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport)

Holonyms ("partridge" is a member of...):

family Tinamidae; Tinamidae (comprising the tinamous)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Flesh of either quail or grouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("partridge" is a kind of...):

wildfowl (flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

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