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MOUNTAIN PARTRIDGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain partridge mean?
• MOUNTAIN PARTRIDGE (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN PARTRIDGE has 1 sense:
1. California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail
Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN PARTRIDGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
mountain partridge; mountain quail; Oreortyx picta palmeri
Hypernyms ("mountain partridge" is a kind of...):
partridge (small Old World gallinaceous game birds)
Holonyms ("mountain partridge" is a member of...):
genus Oreortyx; Oreortyx (mountain quail of western United States)
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