Perdix

·noun A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera.

perdix
perdix, īcis, comm., = πέρδιξ, a partridge , Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 100; Mart. 3, 37, 15: perdicas ...

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Perdix
Perdix, īcis, m. In mythology, the nephew of Daedalus , Ov. M. 8, 241 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 274. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
perdix
perdīx īcis, f , πέρδιξ, a plover, lapwing: garrula, O. ...

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