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ALECTORIS RUFFA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alectoris ruffa mean?
• ALECTORIS RUFFA (noun)
The noun ALECTORIS RUFFA has 1 sense:
1. common western European partridge with red legs
Familiarity information: ALECTORIS RUFFA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common western European partridge with red legs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Alectoris ruffa; red-legged partridge
Hypernyms ("Alectoris ruffa" is a kind of...):
partridge (small Old World gallinaceous game birds)
Holonyms ("Alectoris ruffa" is a member of...):
Alectoris; genus Alectoris (a genus of Perdicidae)
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