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PARTRIDGES |
Game birds |
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PHEASANTS |
Game birds |
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CHECK |
The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other
birds. |
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SET |
To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other
game; -- said of hunting dogs. |
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SNIPE |
Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the
family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. |
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FALCONER |
A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or
game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks. |
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RETRIEVER |
A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve,
or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded. |
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SANDPIPER |
Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game
birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied
genera of the family Tringidae. |
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VENISON |
Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the
chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind
exclusively. |
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PLOVER |
Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging
to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the
subfamily Charadrinsae. They are prized as game birds. |
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RAIL |
Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family
Rallidae, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of closely allied
genera. They are prized as game birds. |
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FALCON |
Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a
toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus
trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game. |
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WOODCOCK |
Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline
birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly
nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds. |
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COVEY |
A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of
young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of
game; as, a covey of partridges. |
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PARTRIDGE |
Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds
of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family
Perdicidae, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. |
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GODWIT |
...godwit (L. haemastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called
also godwin. ... |
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SETTER |
...ed from a
cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually
trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a ... |