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Definition of Plumed partridge

Plumed partridge
Plume Plume, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pluming.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to cover with feathers.] 1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink. Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W. Irving. 2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden. 3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. ``Farewell the plumed troop.' --Shak. 4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. --South. Plumed adder (Zo["o]l.), an African viper (Vipera, or Clotho cornuta), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also horned viper and hornsman. Plumed partridge (Zo["o]l.), the California mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under Mountain.

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- Agelastes lack the spots. While several species are relatively well known, the plumed guineafowl and the two members of the genus Agelastes remain relatively...
- White-necked rockfowl White-necked thrush White-necklaced partridge White-plumed antbird White-plumed honeyeater White-quilled rock pigeon White-rimmed brushfinch...
- have been successfully introduced to New Zealand. The stone partridge and Nahan's partridge, both found in Africa, seem to belong to the family. Species...
- chachalacas, guans, cur****ows, turkeys, grouse, New World quails, pheasants, partridges and guineafowl. They are, with Neoaves, the two main lineages of Neognathae...
- western horned tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) is a medium-sized brightly plumed pheasant found along the range of Himalayas from north-eastern districts...
- Stubble quail Chestnut teal Musk duck Cape Barren goose Maned duck Black swan Plumed whistling duck Pink-eared duck Blue-billed duck Australian shelduck Freckled...
- Banded quail Stone partridge Tawny-faced quail Vulturine guineafowl Black guineafowl Southern crested guineafowl (Guttera edouardi) Plumed guineafowl Crested...
- Spinifex pigeon, Geophaps plumifera Squatter pigeon, Geophaps scripta Partridge pigeon, Geophaps smithii A fourth species, the crested pigeon is sometimes...
- similis refer to a misidentified cormorant (Phalacrocorax intermedius) and partridge (Miogallus altus), respectively. "Ardea" lignitum – a fossil of quite...
- species such as deer, red foxes and upland birds (quails, pheasants and partridges), as well as other invasive species including rabbits/hares, cats, dogs...