(n.) Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidae, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird.
(n.) Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus, and allied genera.
(n.) The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus).
Example Sentences:
(1) A film sequel to 2013’s Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa is also on the cards.
(2) You had to admire the party’s commitment to its Alan Partridge roots.
(3) Testing the bone models to failure in tensile mode showed that the perforations weakened the bone and that the Partridge plates and bands decreased the weakening effects of the perforation.
(4) Baby Cow is owned by his friends, Henry Normal and Partridge star Steve Coogan, and for Iannucci, who doesn't live in London, its offices are a useful base for future projects.
(5) Erysipelas was diagnosed in chukar partridges (Alectoris graeca) kept as hunting stock.
(6) The photoperiodic control of puberty in birds was studied using hybrid red-legged partridges (Alectoris graeca chukar).
(7) Anderson (Men's) 10:30 – 12:30 huntergather 11:00 Margaret Howell (Men's) 1 11:30 – 13:00 Kit Neal e 11:30 – 14:30 Christopher Kane (Men's) 12:00 Oliver Spencer 12:30 – 14:00 Fashion East Men's Presentations 12:30 – 14:30 John Smedle y 13:00 Richard James 13:30 – 15:30 Maharishi 14:00 Hackett London 14:30 – 16:00 COMMON 15:00 Jimmy Choo 15:30 – 17:30 Ducham p 16:00 Alexander McQueen (Men's ) 16:30 - 18:30 Pringle of Scotland (Men's) 17:00 James Long 17:00 – 19:00 Solange Azagury-Partridge 17:30 – 19:00 Alex Mullins 18:00 Moschino 19:00 Casely-Hayford Updated at 9.01am BST
(8) This study examines the anatomic and biomechanical effects of femoral shaft perforation at arthroplasty, and the effects of supporting the perforated bone with Partridge plates and bands.
(9) It's hardly experienced the development hell of "Monkey Tennis", but after seven years of waiting the Alan Partridge movie seems finally to be making its way to the big screen.
(10) Chukar partridges were fed diets containing 1.25, 2.5, or 5 ppm aflatoxin; 1, 2, or 4 ppm ochratoxin A (OA); or 4, 8, or 16 ppm T-2 toxin.
(11) Molecular modeling studies [Islam, S.A., Neidle, S., Gandecha, B.M., Partridge, M., Patterson, L.H., & Brown, J.R. (1985) J. Med.
(12) In a show like I'm Alan Partridge, Partridge feels like less of a monster because of the presence of the audience.
(13) "But, whilst the commentary of David Harmon and Sean Kelly is pretty good, it isn't a patch on Alan Partridge."
(14) However, it is difficult to determine whether this biochemical "rescue" results in any improvement in the structure or function of the treated muscle, because the vigorous regeneration of mdx muscle more than compensates for the degeneration (Coulton, G. R., N. A. Curtin, J. E. Morgan, and T. A. Partridge.
(15) We are pleased that the BBC Trust's editorial standards committee has agreed that these comments "strayed into an offensive stereotypical assumption [and] was not editorially justified in this context," said James Partridge, Changing Faces founder and chief executive.
(16) As far as SRBC is concerned, the antibody response was sex independent, but declined markedly in partridges older than 1 year.
(17) The last series of I'm Alan Partridge aired on BBC2 in 2002.
(18) Presence and the relation of the nerve endings with associated structures in the lund of Rattus rattus rufescens (Indian black rat) and Francolinus pondicerianus (grey partridge or safed teeter) has been studied by cholinesterase technique.
(19) And on that bombshell … we await The Alan Partridge movie, which should be hitting cinemas in 2013.
(20) We were so blessed to spend five weeks with him last Christmas and January.” Head of Flinders’ junior school, Greg Partridge, said Luke was a confident boy with a positive impact on students around him.
Perdix
Definition:
(n.) A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera.
Example Sentences:
(1) Drug-metabolizing activity of liver and small intestine (duodenum) was examined in birds (A. rufa, P. perdix, Ph.
(2) In order of decreasing hepatic activity: P. perdix greater than Ph.
(3) A considerable reduction occurred in the former high stand of partridges (Perdix perdix), while the pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) became widely distributed in agricultural areas.
(4) Seasonal changes in plasma androgens, testicular total protein content, gonosomatic index, and spermatogenic activity were studied in the grey partridge, Perdix perdix.
(5) The partridge (Perdix perdix) suffers less from syngamosis than does the pheasant from the same area...