partridge
English Thesaurus
1. valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | grouse, |
definition | : | popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | bonasa, genus bonasa, |
definition | : | ruffed grouse (noun.animal) |
2. a popular North American game bird; named for its call (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | quail, |
definition | : | small gallinaceous game birds (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | colinus virginianus, northern bobwhite, |
definition | : | a favorite game bird of eastern and central United States (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | colinus, genus colinus, |
definition | : | New World quail: the bobwhites (noun.animal) |
3. small Old World gallinaceous game birds (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | phasianid, |
definition | : | a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | gray partridge, grey partridge, hungarian partridge, perdix perdix, |
definition | : | common European partridge (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | alectoris ruffa, red-legged partridge, |
definition | : | common western European partridge with red legs (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | alectoris graeca, greek partridge, rock partridge, |
definition | : | of mountainous areas of southern Europe (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | mountain partridge, mountain quail, oreortyx picta palmeri, |
definition | : | California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | perdicidae, perdicinae, subfamily perdicidae, subfamily perdicinae, |
definition | : | Old World partridges (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | covey, |
definition | : | a small flock of grouse or partridge (noun.group) |
4. heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | game bird, |
definition | : | any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | family tinamidae, tinamidae, |
definition | : | comprising the tinamous (noun.animal) |
5. flesh of either quail or grouse (noun.food)
hypernym | : | wildfowl, |
definition | : | flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food (noun.food) |
domain region | : | america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, |
definition | : | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 (noun.location) |
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