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F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidæ, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many

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F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidæ, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge and the red-legged partridge of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus, and allied genera. Note: Among them are the bobwhite of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge of California; the Massena partridge ; and the California partridge . 3. The ruffed grouse . Bamboo partridge , a spurred partridge of the genus Bambusicola. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. -- Night partridge , the woodcock. -- Painted partridge , a francolin of South Africa . -- Partridge berry. The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant of the order Rubiaceæ, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. The fruit of the creeping wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens); also, the plant itself. -- Partridge dove Same as Mountain witch, under Mountain. -- Partridge pea , a yellow-flowered leguminous herb (Cassia Chamæcrista), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. -- Partridge shell , a large marine univalve shell (Dolium perdix), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. -- Partridge wood A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree Andira inermis. Called also pheasant wood. A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. -- Sea partridge , an Asiatic sand partridge (Ammoperdix Bonhami); -- so called from its note. -- Snow partridge , a large spurred partridge (Lerwa nivicola) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. -- Spruce partridge. See under Spruce. -- Wood partridge, or Hill partridge , any small Asiatic partridge of the genus Arboricola.

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• NOTUM
  The back.
• WORLDLY
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• RELATIONSHIP
  The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.
• NOTHINGNESS
  1. Nihility; nonexistence. 2. The state of being of no value; a thing of no value.
• GENERABILITY
  Capability of being generated. Johnstone.
• GENERALIZED
  Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
• WORLDLY-MINDED
  Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. -- World"ly*mind`ed*ness, n.
• NOTELET
  A little or short note; a billet.
• GENERALIZABLE
  Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. Coleridge
• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• NOTATION
  1. The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters. 2. Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system
• GENERA
  See GENUS
• FAMILY
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• WORLD-WIDE
  Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame. Tennyson.
• NOTTURNO
  See NOCTURNE
• NOTCH
  1. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation. And on the stick ten equal notches makes. Swift. 2. A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
• NOTICE
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• NOTUS
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• PRELATIST
  One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman. Hume. I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist. T. Scott.
• MONOTESSARON
  A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony.
• HYPNOTIC
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• MAJOR GENERAL
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• PHONOTYPY
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• INNUMEROUS
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