Friday, 16 December 2016

Partridge


Monday 12th December 2016

Partridge - /ˈpɑːtrɪdʒ/

Noun
A short-tailed game bird with mainly brown plumage, found chiefly in Europe and Asia.












Example sentences
Noun
‘How it got in the tree is still a mystery, since partridges are strictly ground birds’

Origin 
Middle English partrich, from Old French pertriz, perdriz, from Latin perdix.
          

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