Lewis & Short

1. perdix, īcis, comm., = πέρδιξ, a partridge, Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 100; Mart. 3, 37, 15: perdicas Boeotios, Varr. ap. Non. 218, 18: picta, Mart. 3, 58, 15; Vulg. Jer. 17, 11.