What is the meaning of partridge?

Flesh of either quail or grouse.
Heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds.
- synonyms: tinamou
Small Old World gallinaceous game birds.
A popular North American game bird; named for its call.
- synonyms: bobwhite, bobwhite quail
Valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada.
- synonyms: ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus

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