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What is a partridge?

What is a partridge? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
  2. (obsolete, military) A type cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones.
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Illinois bundle flower, butterfly milkweed, compass grass, and partridge peas nestle in another 20-acre plot.
A typical farming village in this region attracts tree sparrows, black redstarts, gray partridge, skylarks, and hen harriers.
The principal game birds of Britain are grouse, partridge, pheasant, plus woodcock, pigeon, quail, and various wild duck and marsh fowl.
For example, snow partridge and Himalayan monal pheasant are facing local extinction from many valleys.
I'm a country boy so it was inevitable really that I would start shooting partridge and pheasant.
He claims that pheasant and partridge are neither wild nor natural and are not an alternative to factory farmed meat.

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