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partridge /pärˈtrij/ noun (pl parˈtridge or parˈtridges)- Any member of a genus (Perdix) of game birds of the pheasant family
- Extended to many other birds, esp (in N America) the Virginian quail and the ruffed grouse, and (in S America) the tinamou
ORIGIN: Fr perdrix, from L perdīx, from Gr perdīx parˈtridgeberry noun - A N American trailing plant (Mitchella repens) of the madder family or its fruit
- Applied also to the checkerberry
parˈtridge-woodˈ noun - A hard variegated tropical American wood (genus Andira) of the Papilionaceae, used by American cabinetmakers
- Oak or other wood speckled owing to attack by a fungus
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