'Perdix' definitions:
Definition of 'Perdix'
(from WordNet)
noun
A genus of Perdicinae [syn: Perdix, genus Perdix]
Definition of 'Perdix'
From: GCIDE
- Perdix \Per"dix\ (p[~e]r"d[i^]ks), prop. n. [L., a partridge, Gr. pe`rdix.] (Zool.) A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera. [1913 Webster]