‖Per″dix (pẽr″dĭks), n. [L., a partridge, Gr. πέρδιξ.] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.