pernice — meaning in English

English meaning

• grouse noun A plump game bird found in moorland and northern regions, often hunted for sport and food.
• partridge noun A plump, ground-dwelling game bird related to the pheasant.

Senses

pernice is used for these senses in English:

• grouse (countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles. [from 1530s]
• partridge (ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

grouse — full definition

1. noun A plump game bird found in moorland and northern regions, often hunted for sport and food.
2. verb To complain or grumble, often persistently.
3. noun A complaint.

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.

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