PARTRIDGE
Scrabble letter values: P3A1R1T1R1I1D2G2E1 = 13
Definition
- noun flesh of either quail or grouse.
- noun heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds. — synonyms: tinamou
- noun small Old World gallinaceous game birds.
- noun a popular North American game bird. — synonyms: bobwhite, bobwhite_quail
- noun valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada. — synonyms: ruffed_grouse, Bonasa_umbellus
Examples
- “named for its call”
- “On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.”