Partridge Synonyms

pärtrĭj
A popular North American game bird; named for its call
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tinamou
  2. bobwhite
  3. bobwhite quail
Valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ruffed-grouse
  2. bonasa-umbellus

Words Related to Partridge

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Partridge Sentence Examples

  • I am glad that the partridge gets fed, at any rate.

  • A partridge called yutu frequents the long grass.

  • It is hardly as if you had seen a wild creature when a rabbit or a partridge bursts away, only a natural one, as much to be expected as rustling leaves.

  • The song-birds are well represented in the hermit thrush, wood thrush, Wilson's thrush (or veery), brown thrasher, robin, blue bird, bobolink, meadow lark, gold finch, &c. Among the game birds are the ruffed grouse (partridge), quail, prairie hen and wild turkey.

  • In the higher mountainous parts animal life is more abundant, the typical forms being the wild yak, the kulan or wild ass, the arkhari or wild sheep, the orongo and other antelopes, the marmot, wolf, hare partridge and bear.

More Sentences