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PERDIX PERDIX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Perdix perdix mean?
• PERDIX PERDIX (noun)
The noun PERDIX PERDIX has 1 sense:
1. common European partridge
Familiarity information: PERDIX PERDIX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common European partridge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
gray partridge; grey partridge; Hungarian partridge; Perdix perdix
Hypernyms ("Perdix perdix" is a kind of...):
partridge (small Old World gallinaceous game birds)
Holonyms ("Perdix perdix" is a member of...):
genus Perdix; Perdix (a genus of Perdicinae)
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