noun
of mountainous areas of southern Europe
• Syn: ↑Greek partridge, ↑Alectoris graeca
• Hypernyms: ↑partridge
• Member Holonyms: ↑Alectoris, ↑genus Alectoris
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noun : a partridge (Alectoris graeca) having many varieties widely distributed in southern and eastern Asia and about the Mediterranean especially in dry uplands — compare chukar, greek partridge, red-legged partridge
Useful english dictionary. 2012.