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† bartaˈvel Obs. rare—1.
[a. F. bartavelle, a name given, according to Lavallée, on account of the bird's monotonous note, f. med.L. bartavella for vertevella (cf. Pr. bartaveo) windlass, f. vertĕre to turn.]
The Red Partridge.
1773Barrington in Phil. Trans. LXIII. 273 note, Buffon contends that the περδιξ of Aristotle does not mean the common partridge, but the bartavel. [1819in Rees Cycl. s.v. Tetrao, The bartavelle of Buffon..the Greek or great red partridge of Willughby.] |