| 单词 | red partridge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred partridge red partridge n. the red-legged partridge, Alectoris rufa.In quot. 1678: apparently the rock partridge, A. graeca. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Alectoris > alectoris rufa (red-legged partridge) French partridge1611 red-legged partridge1678 red partridge1704 bartavel1774 red-leg1798 Guernsey partridge1802 Frenchman1893 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. xi. 169 Bellonius his Greek Partridge, or great red Partridge..seems to us to be different from the Partridges both of France and Gothland.] 1704 tr. L. Lémery Treat. Foods ii. xxiii. 201 The red Partridge is more esteemed than the others. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 229 The Red Partridge (Tetrao rufus, Lin.) and five or six others..are peculiar to the eastern hemisphere. 1891 Harper's Mag. Apr. 666 The chief dishes are red partridges and civet de chamois, pine mushrooms, [etc.]. 1988 Rangelands 10 256/1 Game animals (deer, wild boar, hare, rabbit, wood pigeon, red partridge) are also consumers of the dehesa primary production. < as lemmas |
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