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1. Flesh of either quail or grouse
    
2. Heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
   - tinamou
    
3. Small Old World gallinaceous game birds
    
4. A popular North American game bird; named for its call
   - bobwhite, bobwhite quail
    
5. Valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
   - ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus

Derived forms: partridges

Type of: game bird, grouse, phasianid, quail, wildfowl

Part of: Bonasa, Colinus, covey, family Tinamidae, genus Bonasa, genus Colinus, Perdicidae, Perdicinae, subfamily Perdicidae, subfamily Perdicinae, Tinamidae

Encyclopedia: Partridge, Jabez, Homestead Partridge Partridge, KS Partridge, Minnesota Partridge, Kansas