partridge
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
government
military
natural-sciences
ornithology
politics
war
Etymology: From Middle English partrich, partriche, pertriche, perdriz, from Old French perdriz, partriz, from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”), probably from πέρδομαι (pérdomai, “to fart”).
Inflected forms:
form: partridges
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: partridge
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
pos: noun
examples: On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.
...and the loudest sound in the lonely fields was when, adventuring too near some late brood, the partridge sought to deceive by a plaintive cry and seeming helplessness, crossing before your very feet, till, when drawn to a sufficient distance, suddenly the air vibrated to the flutter of her active pinions.
gloss: The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A type of cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Derived words: African partridge
and a partridge in a pear tree
Arabian partridge
bamboo partridge
Barbary partridge
black partridge
bearded wood partridge
birch partridge
blackheaded partridge
black wood-partridge
blood partridge
Bonham's partridge
buff-breasted partridge
California partridge
capoeira partridge
chestnut-breasted partridge
chukar partridge
collared partridge
common partridge
crested partridge
crested wood partridge
crimson-headed partridge
Daurian partridge
East Asian forest partridge
English partridge
ferruginous wood partridge
French partridge
Gambel's partridge
gray partridge
grey partridge
Greek partridge
green-legged partridge
green-legged hill partridge
green wood partridge
Guiana partridge
Hainan partridge
Hey's partridge
hill partridge
Himalayan partridge
Hodgson’s partridge
Hungarian partridge
long-billed partridge
Madagascar partridge
Massena partridge
monal-partridge
mountain partridge
Namaqua partridge
night partridge
painted partridge
partridge berry
partridge-berry
partridgeberry
partridge-breast
partridge-breasted aloe
partridge breeder
partridge brood
partridge bush
partridge cane
partridge Cochin
partridge country
partridge dance
partridge dove
partridge drive
partridge-driving
partridge feather
partridge fillet
partridge hackle
partridge hawk
partridge-legged clover
partridge-like
partridgelike
partridge mew
partridge-mortar
partridge net
partridge pea
partridge pie
partridge pigeon
partridge plum
partridge poult
partridger
partridge shell
partridge shooter
partridge shooting
partridge-shot
partridge tun
partridge-vine
partridge wing
partridge-wood
partridging
Philby's partridge
plumed partridge
Przevalski's partridge
red-billed partridge
red-crowned wood partridge
red-legged partridge
redlegged partridge
Rubeho forest partridge
rock partridge
rufous throated partridge
Sabah partridge
sand partridge
sanguine partridge
scaly-breasted partridge
sea partridge
see-see partridge
Sichuan partridge
snow partridge
spruce partridge
stone partridge
swamp partridge
Tibetan partridge
tree partridge
Udzungwa forest partridge
water partridge
white-browed partridge
white-necklaced partridge
white partridge
wood partridge
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