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SUBFAMILY PERDICINAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subfamily Perdicinae mean?
• SUBFAMILY PERDICINAE (noun)
The noun SUBFAMILY PERDICINAE has 1 sense:
1. Old World partridges
Familiarity information: SUBFAMILY PERDICINAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World partridges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Perdicidae; Perdicinae; subfamily Perdicidae; subfamily Perdicinae
Hypernyms ("subfamily 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 "subfamily 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 ("subfamily Perdicinae" is a member of...):
family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)
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