What is a genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera called?
perdix — A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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