All partridge synonyms
par·tridge
P p noun partridge
- goose — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- hen — the female of the domestic fowl.
- curlew — A curlew is a large brown bird with long legs and a long curved beak. Curlews live near water and have a very distinctive cry.
- game bird — any bird hunted chiefly for sport, as a quail or pheasant, especially such a bird that is protected by game laws.
- hens — the female of the domestic fowl.
- duck — any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- woodcock — either of two plump, short-legged migratory game birds of variegated brown plumage, the Eurasian Scolopax rusticola and the smaller American Philohela minor.
- geese — a plural of goose.
- quail — a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
- wildfowl — a game bird, especially a wild duck, goose, or swan.