partridge

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Perdix perdix

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Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin perdīx (partridge), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (perdix, partridge).

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partridge (plural partridges or partridge)

  1. Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

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