1. flesh of either quail or grouse
2. heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
同義詞:tinamou
3. small Old World gallinaceous game birds
4. a popular North American game bird; named for its call
同義詞:bobwhite, bobwhite quail
5. valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
同義詞:ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus
- 習慣用語
- (as) plump as a partridge 肥得象一隻鷓鴣, 胖乎乎的