perdicine

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English

Etymology

See perdix.

Adjective

perdicine (comparative more perdicine, superlative most perdicine)

(zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to the former subfamily Perdicidae, classed as the Old World partridges.

References

“perdicine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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