partridge
鹧鸪,鹧鸪花,鹧鸪树,鹧鸪天
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plural par·tridg·es, par·tridge.
- : any of several Old World gallinaceous game birds of the subfamily Perdicinae, especially Perdix perdix.
- : Chiefly Northern U.S. the ruffed grouse.
- : Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. bobwhite.
- : any of several other North American gallinaceous game birds.
- : any of various South and Central American tinamous.
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Wood pigeon, pheasant, partridge, grouse, peacocks, hares, wild rabbits, and waterfowl are all dietary staples.
However, there is an exceptional 1918 nude portrait photographed by Imogen Cunningham of her husband, Roy Partridge.
Despite the Partridge Family lifestyle, his home life was settled.
Not a lot of people know you got your start on reality TV with The New Partridge Family.
There is an obscene quantity of spine-buckling necklaces made by “queen of bling” Solange Azagury-Partridge.
He would hunt partridge industriously and conspicuously until men's minds were turned quite away from the subject of bear.
Another point also should be noted: If Scattergood were hunting bear he gave it out that his game was partridge.
Probably he would bring partridge, too, for he never neglected by-products.
They are also rather fond of a fly made from a partridge's breast feather, and body of crimson floss silk.
They saw the tracks of deer and wolves and partridge, and encountered a few jays, chickadees, and woodpeckers.