patrijs — meaning in English

English meaning

• partridge noun A plump, ground-dwelling game bird related to the pheasant.
• porthole noun A small round window set into the side of a ship.

Senses

patrijs is used for these senses in English:

• grey partridge A game bird in the pheasant family, Perdix perdix.
• partridge (ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
• porthole (nautical) A circular window set in the hull of a ship.

partridge — full definition

1. noun A plump, ground-dwelling game bird related to the pheasant.
2. noun The meat of this bird, eaten as food.

porthole — full definition

1. noun A small round window set into the side of a ship.
2. noun Historically, an opening in a ship's hull for firing a cannon through.

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