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1. Popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet.
2. (Game bird) Flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil.
Fowl-like game bird of the subfamily Tetraonidae, in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. The subfamily also includes quail, ptarmigan, and prairie chicken. Grouse are native to North America and N Europe. They are mostly ground-living. During the mating season the males undertake elaborate courtship displays in small individual territories (leks).
Among the most familiar are the ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus, common in woods in N and E North America, and the blue grouse Dendragapus obscurus of W North America.
ETYM Old Eng. partriche, pertriche, Old Fren. pertris, perdriz, French perdrix, Latin perdix, -icis, from Greek.
Any of various medium-sized ground-dwelling fowl of the family Phasianidae, which also includes pheasants, quail, and chickens.
Partridges are Old World birds, some of which have become naturalized in North America, especially the European gray partridge Perdix perdix, with mottled brown back, gray speckled breast, and patches of chestnut on the sides.
1. Small Old World gallinaceous game birds.
2. (US usage) Flesh of either quail or grouse.
Synonyms: Bonasa umbellus · bobwhite · bobwhite quail · ruffed grouse · tinamou