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Perdix
Perdix Per"dix, n. [L., a partridge, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) 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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- Perdix is a genus of Galliform gamebirds known collectively as the 'true partridges'. These birds are unrelated to the subtropical species that have been...
- The grey partridge (Perdix perdix), also known as the grey-legged partridge, English partridge, Hungarian partridge, or hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant...
- Perdix (Ancient Gr****: Πέρδιξ meaning "partridge") was a nephew and student of Daedalus in Gr**** mythology, claimed to have invented the potter's wheel...
- Perdix drones are the main subject of an experimental project conducted by the Strategic Capabilities Office of the United States Department of Defense...
- Perdix is a genus of partridges with representatives in most of temperate Europe and Asia. Perdix may also refer to: Perdix (mythology), nephew of Daedalus...
- Thailand and Vietnam. Syntypistis perdix perdix (Yunnan, northern India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam) Syntypistis perdix gutianshana (J. K. Yang, 1995) (Zheijang...
- partridge, Ammoperdix heyi Genus Perdix Grey partridge, Perdix perdix Daurian partridge, Perdix dauurica Tibetan partridge, Perdix hodgsoniae Genus Rhizothera...
- The long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix) is a small seabird from the North Pacific. The genus name Brachyramphus is from Ancient Gr**** brakhus,...
- Perdix is a village between the Susquehanna River and Cove Mountain in Penn Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. U.S. Route 11/15 p****es...
- Tonna perdix, common name the partridge tun, is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun s****. The...