Associations to the word «Perdicinae»

Wiktionary

PERDICINAE, proper noun. A taxonomic subfamily within the family Phasianidae   — the partridges and related birds.

Dictionary definition

PERDICINAE, noun. Old World partridges.

Wise words

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