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partridge

part·ridge

UK/ˈpɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/ US/ˈpɑɹtɹɪd͡ʒ/ uncommon obsolete

noun

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

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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • African partridge
  • and a partridge in a pear tree
  • Arabian partridge
  • bamboo partridge
  • Barbary partridge
  • bearded wood partridge
  • birch partridge
  • black partridge
  • Partridge Green

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