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Partridge   /pˈɑrtrədʒ/  /pˈɑrtrɪdʒ/   Listen
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Partridge  n.  (Zool.)
1.
Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidae, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. "Full many a fat partrich had he in mew." Note: The common European, or gray, partridge (Perdix cinerea) and the red-legged partridge (Caccabis rubra) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species.
2.
Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus, and allied genera. (U.S.) Note: Among them are the bobwhite (Colinus Virginianus) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge (Oreortyx pictus) of California; the Massena partridge (Cyrtonyx Montezumae); and the California partridge (Callipepla Californica).
3.
The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus). (New Eng.)
Bamboo partridge (Zool.), a spurred partridge of the genus Bambusicola. Several species are found in China and the East Indies.
Night partridge (Zool.), the woodcock. (Local, U.S.)
Painted partridge (Zool.), a francolin of South Africa (Francolinus pictus).
Partridge berry. (Bot.)
(a)
The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant (Mitchella repens) of the order Rubiaceae, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
(b)
The fruit of the creeping wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens); also, the plant itself.
Partridge dove (Zool.) Same as Mountain witch, under Mountain.
Partridge pea (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb (Cassia Chamaecrista), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States.
Partridge shell (Zool.), a large marine univalve shell (Dolium perdix), having colors variegated like those of the partridge.
Partridge wood
(a)
A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree Andira inermis. Called also pheasant wood.
(b)
A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles.
Sea partridge (Zool.), an Asiatic sand partridge (Ammoperdix Bonhami); so called from its note.
Snow partridge (Zool.), a large spurred partridge (Lerwa nivicola) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia; called also jermoonal.
Spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood partridge, or Hill partridge (Zool.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus Arboricola.





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"Partridge" Quotes from Famous Books



... But the light was dim. Josh's hand trembled as he bared it to lay the back on his lips and suck so as to make a mousey squeak. The effect on the Fox was instant. He glided forward intent as a hunting cat. Again he stood in, oh! such a wonderful pose, still as a statue, frozen like a hiding partridge, unbudging as a lone kid Antelope in May. And Josh raised—yes, he had come for that—he raised that fatal gun. The lantern blazed in the Fox's face at twenty yards; the light was flung back doubled by its shining eyes; it looked perfectly clear. Josh lined the gun, but, strange ...
— Wild Animals at Home • Ernest Thompson Seton
... leaves are hanging-pegs to dewy, brilliant gossamer-webs; when the hedges are full of trailing brambles, loaded with ripe blackberries; when the air is full of the farewell whistles and pipes of birds, clear and short—not the long full- throated warbles of spring; when the whirr of the partridge's wings is heard in the stubble-fields, as the sharp hoof-blows fall on the paved lanes; when here and there a leaf floats and flutters down to the ground, although there is not a single breath of wind. The country surgeon felt the beauty of the seasons perhaps ...
— Wives and Daughters • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
... destroyed. The royal preserves are particularly hated by all the agricultural population living near Paris. Land naturally of the first class is said to be made almost worthless by the abundance of the game. The hare feeds on the tender shoots of the growing grain. The partridge half destroys the wheat. Rabbits and other vermin browse on the vines, fruit-trees, and vegetables. Farmers are not allowed to destroy weeds for fear of disturbing game. Mounted keepers ride all over the fields, trampling down the crops. The king is begged to ...
— The Eve of the French Revolution • Edward J. Lowell
... sat down and began my usual exercise for lengthening my tail. He at once struck me violently. We went a little farther, and I noticed that he looked more and more displeased; but I could not imagine what it could be that so distressed him. Presently one of those common partridge birds had the impertinence to fly out close to me. I caught it at once, and looked round for applause. There only came another shower ...
— Pussy and Doggy Tales • Edith Nesbit
... Smith of Wethersfield as early as 1647, Samuel Stone of Hartford, after 1650, and John Warham of Windsor, had been earnest advocates of its enlarged terms. As early as in his draft of the Cambridge Platform, Ralph Partridge of Duxbury in Plymouth colony had incorporated similar changes, and even then they had been seconded by Richard Mather.[ac] They had been omitted from the final draft of that Platform because of the opposition of a small but influential group led by the Rev. Charles Chauncey. As early as ...
— The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut • M. Louise Greene, Ph. D.


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