Partridge \Par"tridge\ (p[aum]r"tr[i^]j), n. [OE. partriche,
pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix,
-icis, fr. Gr. pe`rdix.] (Zool.)
1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of
the genus Perdix and several related genera of the
family Perdicid[ae], of the Old World. The partridge is
noted as a game bird.
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Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer.
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Note: The common European, or gray, partridge (Perdix
cinerea) and the red-legged partridge (Caccabis
rubra) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known
species.
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2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging
to Colinus, and allied genera. [U.S.]
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Note: Among them are the bobwhite (Colinus Virginianus) of
the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge
(Oreortyx pictus) of California; the Massena
partridge (Cyrtonyx Montezum[ae]); and the California
partridge (Callipepla Californica).
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3. The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus). [New Eng.]
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Bamboo partridge (Zool.), a spurred partridge of the genus
Bambusicola. Several species are found in China and the
East Indies.
Night partridge (Zool.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
Painted partridge (Zool.), a francolin of South Africa
(Francolinus pictus).
Partridge berry. (Bot.)
(a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant
(Mitchella repens) of the order Rubiace[ae],
having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant
flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs
with the ovaries united, and producing the berries
which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
(b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen (Gaultheria
procumbens); also, the plant itself.
Partridge dove (Zool.) Same as Mountain witch, under
Mountain.
Partridge pea (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb
(Cassia Cham[ae]crista), common in sandy fields in the
Eastern United States.
Partridge shell (Zool.), a large marine univalve shell
(Dolium perdix), having colors variegated like those of
the partridge.
Partridge wood
(a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It
is obtained from tropical America, and one source of
it is said to be the leguminous tree Andira inermis.
Called also pheasant wood.
(b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and
striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for
walking sticks and umbrella handles.
Sea partridge (Zool.), an Asiatic sand partridge
(Ammoperdix Bonhami); -- so called from its note.
Snow partridge (Zool.), a large spurred partridge (Lerwa
nivicola) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia;
called also jermoonal.
Spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood partridge, or Hill partridge (Zool.), any small
Asiatic partridge of the genus Arboricola.
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Hill \Hill\, n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil,
L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d
Holm.]
1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising
above the common level of the surrounding land; an
eminence less than a mountain.
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Every mountain and hill shall be made low. --Is. xl.
4.
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2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of
plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
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3. A single cluster or group of plants growing close
together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a
hill of corn or potatoes. [U. S.]
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Hill ant (Zool.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe
and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its
nests.
Hill myna (Zool.), one of several species of birds of
India, of the genus Gracula, and allied to the
starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words.
[Written also hill mynah.] See Myna.
Hill partridge (Zool.), a partridge of the genus
Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern
Asia and the East Indies.
Hill tit (Zool.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic
singing birds of the family Leiotrichid[ae]. Many are
beautifully colored.
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