Alectoris

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Translingual

Alectoris rufa

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀλεκτορίς (alektorís, hen). See αλέκτορας (aléktoras).

Proper noun

Alectoris f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae – the partridges.

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