perdicine
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.