Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Perdix"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perdix \Per"dix\, n. [L., a partridge, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of birds including the common European partridge.
Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include
many allied genera.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Perdix
n : a genus of Perdicinae [syn: {Perdix}, {genus Perdix}]
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