| 单词 | birch partridge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbirch partridge birch partridge n. a North American name for the ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Bonasa > bonasa umbellus (ruffled grouse) partridge1578 pheasant1766 birch partridge1823 white flesher1827 ruffled grouse1850 willow grouse1850 pat1933 1823 Gen. Descrip. Nova Scotia iii. 31 A list of most of the known birds of the Province with their popular names... Birch Partridge. 1834 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 21 June 168/1 A bird, called the partridge,..is found all over the American continent; they are of two sorts, the spruce and the birch, so called from the different buds which they select for their food. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 223/2 B. umbellus, the Ruffed Grouse or Birch-Partridge. < as lemmas |
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