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Definition of Perdicidae
1. Noun. Old World partridges.
Exact synonyms: Perdicinae, Subfamily Perdicidae, Subfamily Perdicinae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Partridge, Genus Perdix, Perdix, Alectoris, Genus Alectoris, Genus Oreortyx, Oreortyx
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Partridge, Genus Perdix, Perdix, Alectoris, Genus Alectoris, Genus Oreortyx, Oreortyx
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perdicidae
Literary usage of Perdicidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Hugh Edwin Strickland by Hugh Edwin Strickland, William Jardine (1858)
"Tetraonidae and Perdicidae, still these two will be more nearly connected with
each other than they are with ..."
2. The Republic of Costa Rica by Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Mora (1889)
"... to the north and northeast of San Jose. It is entirely black, with the point
of the beak and orbital region of dark blue. Its flesh is good. Perdicidae. ..."
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