partridges
Plump game fowl
Partridges is the plural of partridge, a plump ground-dwelling game bird related to pheasants and quails.
The word appears most famously in "The Twelve Days of Christmas": a partridge in a pear tree.
Partridges are prized in hunting and cooking, with various species found across Europe, Asia, and North America.
Discharging a weapon
- pointerReference to memory location
- setterOne who establishes
- retrieverDog trained to fetch game
- flushSame suit, five cards
covey · shotgun · gamekeeper · beaters · driven · season · bag · brace
gamebird
Fowl hunted for sport
grouse · plumage · roost · ground-nesting · chick · hen · cock · feathers · chukar · grey
shooting
Discharging a weapon
flush · covey · shotgun · gamekeeper · beaters · driven · season · bag · brace · wing
pear tree
Pyrus genus cultivar
- carolFestive seasonal song
- twelve daysNearly two weeks
- giftItem given freely
song · lords · ladies · drummers · pipers · maids · swans · geese · rings · turtle doves
roast
Dry-heat cooking method
breast · leg · casserole · pâté · terrine · confit · stuffing · juniper · thyme · redcurrant
- game birdswild turkey, wild turkeys, pheasants, quails, grouse
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- wildlifewhite-tailed deer, birds, mammals, elephant, reptiles
- ground dwellersants, moles, earthworms, groundhogs, gophers
- and a partridge in a pear treeHoliday song's recurring conclusion
- The Partridge Family