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plural partridge or partridges
1
: any of various typically medium-sized stout-bodied Old World gallinaceous birds (Perdix, Alectoris, and related genera) with variegated plumage that are often hunted as game
2
: any of various related birds (such as the American ruffed grouse or bobwhite) resembling the Old World partridges in size, habits, or value as game
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The girl boards the ship with four eggs, three sons, two hatchlings (and a partridge in a pear tree).
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
Pliny noted that blackbirds, partridges, jays and pigeons also eat bay leaves for digestive problems.
—Adrienne Mayor, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2024
About 100,000 birds, including pheasants, chukar, Hungarian and French red-legged partridges, were killed by animal health authorities after the finding.
—Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
Farther down the hall from the small birds is the raptors’ room, which on this particular day was home to a partridge, a crow, a buzzard, an owl and a greenfinch — all kept in separate, locker-sized cages.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
Pliny noted that blackbirds, partridges, jays and pigeons also eat bay leaves for digestive problems.
—Adrienne Mayor, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2024
About 100,000 birds, including pheasants, chukar, Hungarian and French red-legged partridges, were killed by animal health authorities after the finding.
—Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
Farther down the hall from the small birds is the raptors’ room, which on this particular day was home to a partridge, a crow, a buzzard, an owl and a greenfinch — all kept in separate, locker-sized cages.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
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partridge
noun
par·tridge
ˈpär-trij 
plural partridge or partridges
: any of several plump Old World birds related to the common chicken and often hunted as game
also
: any of various North American birds (as a bobwhite or ruffed grouse) that are related to and resemble partridges of the Old World
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