|
|
Definition of Chukar
1. Noun. A species of partridge native to central Asia. ''(Alectoris chukar)'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chukar
1. a game bird [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chukar
Literary usage of Chukar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1867)
"The chukar Partridge. Perdix chukar, Gray in Griff. ... chukar, GR Gray, List of
Gallina BM p. 30. ..."
2. Eastern Persia: An Account of the Journeys of the Persian Boundary by WILLIAM THOMAS. BLANFORD, Beresford Lovett, India. Persian Boundary Commission (1876)
"In all Asiatic specimens, the lores are white throughout; and for the present I
think it best to consider all Asiatic races as varieties of C. chukar. ..."
3. A History of the Birds of Europe: Including All the Species Inhabiting the by Henry Eeles Dresser, Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1881)
"... thus three desert forms of the chukar Partridge have been described by Mr.
Hume as ... chukar arenarius; but this appears to me a highly objectionable ..."
4. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1893)
"The Arabs assert that there is a smaller chukar, and Captain Onslow, RE, who has
been in Aden some time, informed me that the year previous he had had five ..."
Other Resources:
