Synonyms for partridge

Most common

ruffed grouse · bobwhite · tinamou

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

   On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.

Related words

Phrases

grey partridge partridge pea blood partridge chukar partridge painted partridge plumed partridge red-legged partridge swamp partridge

Forms

Plural

partridges → bobwhites, tinamous…

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters

tinamou

8 letters

bobwhite

In other languages

Français

perdrix

Español

perdiz