Partridge - Definition
partridge
n 1: flesh of either quail or grouse
2: heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling
a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds [syn:
tinamou, partridge]
3: small Old World gallinaceous game birds
4: a popular North American game bird; named for its call [syn:
bobwhite, bobwhite quail, partridge]
5: valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
[syn: ruffed grouse, partridge, Bonasa umbellus]