par|tridge

par|tridge
par|tridge «PAHR trihj», noun, plural -tridg|es or (collectively) -tridge, adjective.
–n.
1. any one of several kinds of game birds of Europe, Asia, and Africa, belonging to the same family as the quail, pheasant, and peacock.
2. any one of several birds in the United States and Canada, that nest on the ground and fly only short distances, such as the ruffed grouse and the quail or bobwhite.
3. any one of several tinamous of South America.
–adj.
having a color pattern like that of a partridge, as certain chickens do.
╂[Middle English partrich < Old French perdriz < Latin perdix < Greek pérdix partridge < pérdes thai to break wind (from the whirring noise of its wings)]

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