Partridge

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus).

II. Partridge ·noun Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus, and allied genera.

III. Partridge ·noun 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.

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