partridge

n 1: (US usage) 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 [syn: {tinamou}]

3: small Old World gallinaceous game birds

4: a popular North American game bird; named for its call [syn:

{bobwhite}, {bobwhite quail}]

5: valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada

[syn: {ruffed grouse}, {Bonasa umbellus}]