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RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red-legged partridge mean? 

RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (noun)
  The noun RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE has 1 sense:

1. common western European partridge with red legsplay

  Familiarity information: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Common western European partridge with red legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alectoris ruffa; red-legged partridge

Hypernyms ("red-legged partridge" is a kind of...):

partridge (small Old World gallinaceous game birds)

Holonyms ("red-legged partridge" is a member of...):

Alectoris; genus Alectoris (a genus of Perdicidae)


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