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SUBFAMILY PERDICINAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Old World partridges

Synonyms:

Perdicidae; Perdicinae; subfamily Perdicidae; subfamily Perdicinae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("subfamily Perdicinae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "subfamily Perdicinae"):

partridge (small Old World gallinaceous game birds)

genus Perdix; Perdix (a genus of Perdicinae)

Alectoris; genus Alectoris (a genus of Perdicidae)

genus Oreortyx; Oreortyx (mountain quail of western United States)

Holonyms ("subfamily Perdicinae" is a member of...):

family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)

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