partridge (n.)

  1. flesh of either quail or grouse

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

    [ Syn: tinamou ]

  3. small Old World gallinaceous game birds

  4. a popular North American game bird; named for its call

    [ Syn: bobwhite , bobwhite quail ]

  5. valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada

    [ Syn: ruffed grouse , bonasa umbellus ]

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