partridge 音標拼音: [p'ɑrtrədʒ] [p'ɑrtrɪdʒ]
n . 鷓鴣
鷓鴣
partridge n 1 :
flesh of either quail or grouse 2 :
heavy -
bodied small -
winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds [
synonym :
{
tinamou }, {
partridge }]
3 :
small Old World gallinaceous game birds 4 :
a popular North American game bird ;
named for its call [
synonym :
{
bobwhite }, {
bobwhite quail }, {
partridge }]
5 :
valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada [
synonym : {
ruffed grouse }, {
partridge }, {
Bonasa umbellus }]
Partridge \
Par "
tridge \ (
p [
aum ]
r "
tr [
i ^]
j ),
n . [
OE .
partriche ,
pertriche ,
OF .
pertris ,
perdriz ,
F .
perdrix ,
L .
perdix ,
-
icis ,
fr .
Gr .
pe `
rdix .] (
Zool .)
1 .
Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {
Perdix }
and several related genera of the family {
Perdicid [
ae ]},
of the Old World .
The partridge is noted as a game bird .
[
1913 Webster ]
Full many a fat partrich had he in mew . --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The common European ,
or gray ,
partridge ({
Perdix cinerea })
and the red -
legged partridge ({
Caccabis rubra })
of Southern Europe and Asia are well -
known species .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Any one of several species of quail -
like birds belonging to {
Colinus },
and allied genera . [
U .
S .]
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
Among them are the bobwhite ({
Colinus Virginianus })
of the Eastern States ;
the plumed ,
or mountain ,
partridge ({
Oreortyx pictus })
of California ;
the Massena partridge ({
Cyrtonyx Montezum [
ae ]});
and the California partridge ({
Callipepla Californica }).
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
The ruffed grouse ({
Bonasa umbellus }). [
New Eng .]
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1913 Webster ]
{
Bamboo partridge } (
Zool .),
a spurred partridge of the genus {
Bambusicola }.
Several species are found in China and the East Indies .
{
Night partridge } (
Zool .),
the woodcock . [
Local ,
U .
S .]
{
Painted partridge } (
Zool .),
a francolin of South Africa ({
Francolinus pictus }).
{
Partridge berry }. (
Bot .)
(
a )
The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({
Mitchella repens })
of the order {
Rubiace [
ae ]},
having roundish evergreen leaves ,
and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple ,
growing in pairs with the ovaries united ,
and producing the berries which remain over winter ;
also ,
the plant itself .
(
b )
The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({
Gaultheria procumbens });
also ,
the plant itself .
{
Partridge dove } (
Zool .)
Same as {
Mountain witch },
under {
Mountain }.
{
Partridge pea } (
Bot .),
a yellow -
flowered leguminous herb ({
Cassia Cham [
ae ]
crista }),
common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States .
{
Partridge shell } (
Zool .),
a large marine univalve shell ({
Dolium perdix }),
having colors variegated like those of the partridge .
{
Partridge wood }
(
a )
A variegated wood ,
much esteemed for cabinetwork .
It is obtained from tropical America ,
and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {
Andira inermis }.
Called also {
pheasant wood }.
(
b )
A name sometimes given to the dark -
colored and striated wood of some kind of palm ,
which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles .
{
Sea partridge } (
Zool .),
an Asiatic sand partridge ({
Ammoperdix Bonhami }); --
so called from its note .
{
Snow partridge } (
Zool .),
a large spurred partridge ({
Lerwa nivicola })
which inhabits the high mountains of Asia ;
called also {
jermoonal }.
{
Spruce partridge }.
See under {
Spruce }.
{
Wood partridge },
or {
Hill partridge } (
Zool .),
any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {
Arboricola }.
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1913 Webster ]
Ruffed \
Ruffed \,
a .
Furnished with a ruff .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Ruffed grouse } (
Zool .),
a North American grouse ({
Bonasa umbellus })
common in the wooded districts of the Northern United States .
The male has a ruff of brown or black feathers on each side of the neck ,
and is noted for the loud drumming sound he makes during the breeding season .
Called also {
tippet grouse }, {
partridge }, {
birch partridge }, {
pheasant }, {
drummer },
and {
white -
flesher }.
{
ruffed lemur } (
Zool .),
a species of lemur ({
lemur varius })
having a conspicuous ruff on the sides of the head .
Its color is varied with black and white .
Called also {
ruffed maucaco }.
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1913 Webster ]
Partridge (
Heb .
kore ,
i .
e ., "
caller ").
This bird ,
unlike our own partridge ,
is distinguished by "
its ringing call -
note ,
which in early morning echoes from cliff to cliff amidst the barrenness of the wilderness of Judea and the glens of the forest of Carmel "
hence its Hebrew name .
This name occurs only twice in Scripture .
In 1 Sam .
26 :
20 "
David alludes to the mode of chase practised now ,
as of old ,
when the partridge ,
continuously chased ,
was at length ,
when fatigued ,
knocked down by sticks thrown along the ground ."
It endeavours to save itself "
by running ,
in preference to flight ,
unless when suddenly started .
It is not an inhabitant of the plain or the corn -
field ,
but of rocky hill -
sides "
(
Tristram '
s Nat .
Hist .).
In Jer .
17 :
11 the prophet is illustrating the fact that riches unlawfully acquired are precarious and short -
lived .
The exact nature of the illustration cannot be precisely determined .
Some interpret the words as meaning that the covetous man will be as surely disappointed as the partridge which gathers in eggs ,
not of her own laying ,
and is unable to hatch them ;
others (
Tristram ),
with more probability ,
as denoting that the man who enriches himself by unjust means "
will as surely be disappointed as the partridge which commences to sit ,
but is speedily robbed of her hopes of a brood "
by her eggs being stolen away from her .
The commonest partridge in Palestine is the Caccabis saxatilis ,
the Greek partridge .
The partridge of the wilderness (
Ammo -
perdix heyi )
is a smaller species .
Both are essentially mountain and rock birds ,
thus differing from the English partridge ,
which loves cultivated fields .
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