PERDICINAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Perdicinae mean? 

• PERDICINAE (noun)
  The noun PERDICINAE has 1 sense:

1. Old World partridges

  Familiarity information: PERDICINAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERDICINAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World partridges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Perdicidae; Perdicinae; subfamily Perdicidae; subfamily Perdicinae

Hypernyms ("Perdicinae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "Perdicinae"):

partridge (small Old World gallinaceous game birds)

genus Perdix; Perdix (a genus of Perdicinae)

Alectoris; genus Alectoris (a genus of Perdicidae)

genus Oreortyx; Oreortyx (mountain quail of western United States)

Holonyms ("Perdicinae" is a member of...):

family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)