| 单词 | white partridge |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite partridge white partridge n. now chiefly historical = white grouse n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus mutus (ptarmigan) ptarmigan1599 white partridge1610 snow-hen1648 white game1678 lagopus1693 grey fowl1712 rype1744 white grouse1771 rock grouse1785 tanmerack1792 ripa1830 snow-grouse1884 lagopode1901 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. iv. 9 Russia breeds white Beares and blacke Foxes, and Island white Partridges, Phesants, Faulcons, and Hares. 1747 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds II. 72 The White Partridge..shaped much like a Partridge, except that its Tail is a little longer. 1839 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 26 143 The lightning fell upon a white partridge which the guides had hung with a piece of pack-thread. 2009 P. C. Mancall Fatal Journey v. 114 During the first three months of their winter refuge the men had access to perhaps 1,200 white partridges. < as lemmas |
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