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Definition of Perdix
1. Noun. A genus of Perdicinae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Perdicidae, Perdicinae, Subfamily Perdicidae, Subfamily Perdicinae
Member holonyms: Gray Partridge, Grey Partridge, Hungarian Partridge, Perdix Perdix
Definition of Perdix
1. n. A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera.
Medical Definition of Perdix
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Perdix
Literary usage of Perdix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(1) perdix, Briss. Partridges have the tarsi naked like the toes. Among them the
FRANCOLINUS, Tem. Is distinguished by a longer and stronger beak; ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"Type, P. perdix (Linn.). The genus perdix, of which our well-known Partridge is
the type, has the feathers scarcely extending below the tibio-tarsal joint, ..."
3. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"Not Buccinum perdix Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, p. 734. 1891. ...
Tonna perdix (Linnaeus), Jaume and Perez Farfante, Soc. Cubana Hist. Nat. ..."
4. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"250 [Silesia]. in plumage, and differing only in its somewhat smaller size, and
in This is a smaller migratory race of P. perdix, perfectly similar having ..."
5. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"—perdix cinerea, Partridge of British authors. —The Partridge is distributed
extensively over Europe, and, according to Temminck, extends to Barbary and ..."
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