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partridges
 
Noun partridge has 5 senses
  1. partridge - flesh of either quail or grouse
    --1 is a kind of     wildfowl
  2. tinamou, partridge - heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
    --2 is a kind of game bird
    --2 is a member of Tinamidae, family Tinamidae
  3. partridge - small Old World gallinaceous game birds
    --3 is a kind of     phasianid
    --3 is a member of
     Perdicidae, subfamily Perdicidae, Perdicinae, subfamily Perdicinae; covey
     --3 has particulars:
     Hungarian partridge, gray partridge, Perdix perdix; red-legged partridge, Alectoris ruffa; Greek partridge, rock partridge, Alectoris graeca; mountain quail, mountain partridge, Oreortyx picta palmeri
  4. bobwhite, bobwhite quail, partridge - a popular North American game bird; named for its call
    --4 is a kind of quail
    --4 is a member of Colinus, genus Colinus
    --4 has particulars: northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus
  5. ruffed grouse, partridge, Bonasa umbellus - valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
    --5 is a kind of grouse
    --5 is a member of Bonasa, genus Bonasa
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