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Per·dix
 Perdix
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- pronunciation:
- puhr
dihks
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noun |
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in Greek mythology, the Athenian who invented the saw and who was turned into a partridge by Athena after Daedalus, in a fit of envy, threw him from a roof.
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| definition 2: |
a genus of partridge, medium in size and inhabiting parts of Asia, Europe, and North America.
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