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perdicine

perdicine adjective: of or relating to the former subfamily Perdicidae, classed as the Old World partridges.

Adjective

perdicine (comparative more perdicine, superlative most perdicine)

  1. (obsolete) Of or relating to the former subfamily Perdicidae, classed as the Old World partridges.

Forms of perdicine

comparativemore perdicine
superlativemost perdicine

Origin of perdicine

See perdix.

Questions about perdicine

What does perdicine mean?
Perdicine means of or relating to the former subfamily Perdicidae, classed as the Old World partridges.
What part of speech is perdicine?
Perdicine is an adjective.

Words near perdicine in the dictionary

  1. perdeuterated
  2. perdeuteration
  3. Perdew
  4. Perdews
  5. perdialytic
  6. perdicine
  7. perdie
  8. perdifoil
  9. perdifoils
  10. perdita
  11. perditas

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