perdicine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See perdix.

Adjective[edit]

perdicine (comparative more perdicine, superlative most perdicine)

(zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to the former subfamily Perdicidae, classed as the Old World partridges.

References[edit]

“perdicine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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