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.