ALECTORIS

Meaning of ALECTORIS in English

əˈlektərə̇s noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek alektōr cock

: a genus of Old World partridges including the chukars

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ALECTORIS — ROCK PARTRIDGE
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
ALECTORIS RUFA — red-legged partridge
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
ALECTORIS PHILBYI — Philby's partridge
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
ALECTORIS MELANOCEPHALA — Arabian partridge
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
ALECTORIS MAGNA — rusty-necklaced partridge
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
ALECTORIS GRAECA — rock partridge
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
ALECTORIS CHUKAR — chukar
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
ALECTORIS BARBARA — barbary partridge
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
ALECTORIS RUFA — Red-legged Partridge
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
ALECTORIS PHILBYI — ROCK PARTRIDGE
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
ALECTORIS MELANOCEPHALA — Arabian Partridge
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
PARTRIDGE — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English partrich, modification of Anglo-French perdriz, alteration of Old French perdix, from Latin …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHUKAR — noun Etymology: Hindi cakor & Urdu chakor Date: 1814 a grayish-brown Eurasian partridge ( Alectoris ~ ) introduced as a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHUKAR — Popular small game bird ( Alectoris chukar ), a species of partridge . Stocked in many countries, it is native …
Английский словарь Британика
PARTRIDGE — I. ˈpär.trij, ˈpȧ.-, -rēj, chiefly dial & old-fash ˈpa.- noun ( -s ; see sense 1 ) Etymology: Middle English …
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ROCK PARTRIDGE — noun : a partridge ( Alectoris graeca ) having many varieties widely distributed in southern and eastern Asia and about …
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RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE — noun 1. : a common western European partridge ( Alectoris rufa ) having bright red legs and bill 2. : …
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GREEK PARTRIDGE — noun Usage: usually capitalized G : rock partridge ; especially : one of the variety ( Alectoris graeca graeca ) …
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CHUKAR — chəˈkär noun or chukar partridge also chu·kor -ōr, -ȯr ( plural chukar or chukars ) Etymology: Hindi cakor, from Sanskrit …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHUKAR — /chu kahr"/ , n. a partridge, Alectoris chukar, of Asia and the Near East, introduced into North America as a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PARTRIDGE — ˈpa-trij noun ( plural partridge or par·tridg·es ) Etymology: Middle English partrich, modification of Anglo-French perdriz, alteration of Old French …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHUKAR — chə-ˈkär noun Etymology: Hindi cakor & Urdu chakor Date: 1814 : a grayish-brown Eurasian partridge ( Alectoris chukar ) introduced …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHUKAR — [ 'tʃʊkα: ] (also chukor ) ■ noun a partridge similar to the red-legged partridge, but with a call like …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PARTRIDGE — [par.tridge] n, pl partridge or par.tridg.es [ME partrich, modif. of OF perdris, modif. of L perdic-, perdix, fr. Gk perdik-, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHUKAR — [chu.kar] n [Hindi cakor] (1814): a grayish brown Eurasian partridge (Alectoris chukar) introduced as a game bird into arid mountainous …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PARTRIDGE — any of many small game birds native to the Old World and belonging to the family Phasianidae (order Galliformes). They …
Britannica English vocabulary
GALLIFORM — (order Galliformes), any of the gallinaceous (i.e., fowl-like or chickenlike) birds. The order includes about 240 species, of which the …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHUKAR — n. a red-legged partridge, Alectoris chukar, native to India. [Hindi cakor]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHUKAR — n. a red-legged partridge, Alectoris chukar, native to India. [ Hindi cakor ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHUKAR — n. a red-legged partridge, Alectoris chukar, native to India. Etymology: Hindi cakor
Oxford English vocab
CHUKAR — n. Popular small game bird ( Alectoris chukar ), a species of partridge . Stocked in many countries, it is …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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