partridge

Nouns

  • (n) flesh of either quail or grouse
  • (n) heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds tinamou,
  • (n) small Old World gallinaceous game birds
  • (n) a popular North American game bird; named for its call bobwhite, bobwhite quail,
  • (n) valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada Bonasa umbellus, ruffed grouse,

Synonyms

tinamou bobwhite bobwhite quail Bonasa umbellus ruffed grouse

Words of close approximity

partridgeberry partridge pea