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Definitions for: partridge

• flesh of either quail or grouse
• tinamou: heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
• small Old World gallinaceous game birds
• bobwhite: a popular North American game bird; named for its call
• ruffed grouse: valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
• Partridges are birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are a non-migratory Old World group.
• Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris
• Partridges seen in your dreams, denotes that conditions will be good in your immediate future for the accumulation of property. To ensnare them, signifies that you will be fortunate in expectations. ...
• Although very common in the Holy Land, the partridge is mentioned only three times in the sacred literature: 1 Samuel 26:20 alludes to chasing it on the mountains; Jeremiah 17:11, to the robbing of its eggs; Sirach 11:32, to the keeping a decoy partridge. ...
• Medium-size fowl, intermediate between the larger pheasants and the smaller quails. They tend to exhibit fairly short tails and appear corpulent due to greatly elongated flank coverts and compact shape. ...
• The brown back and grey breast feathers are used for hackling wet flies. The wing and tail feather are used for winging.
• Partridge Barnevelders are still kept in Britain in the 1990s, possibly still derived from early imports.